1. (

• obeche ,

) the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering ;

2. (

• obeche ,
• obechi ,
• arere ,
• samba ,
• Triplochiton_scleroxcylon

) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood ;