ENERGY AND COMBUSTION POTENTIALS OF SOME SELECTED TROPICAL FUELWOOD SPECIES IN IKWUANO LGA, ABIA STATE.
OGUIBE, A. L.,1 UBUOH, E. A.,1 ADINDU, N. D.1 AND *OTI, V. O.2
ABSTRACT
This study aimed at assessing the energy, and combustion potential of some selected tropical fuelwood in Ikwuano, Abia State. The study sampled, four micro communities from four major communities of Ikwuano: Ibere (Itunta), Oboro (Umugbalu), Ariam (Ekpiri) and Oloko (Nchara). Major locally wood species (Ukwa (Dialum guineense), Icheku (Pterocarpus species), Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao), Ube (Dacryodes edulis), Umummiri (Morinda coreia), Ojii (Milicea excelsa), Ububa1 (Anthonotha macrophylla), Ububa2 (A. crassifolia), Obia (Caloncoba welwitschii), Oron (Cnestis ferrugina)) used across these…