Tropix-web

Tropix-web is a web application that enables users to access CIRAD's WOOD database. This application is an evolution of the Tropix 7 software (under Windows). The Tropix database currently lists the characteristics and technological properties of 292 tropical species and 17 temperate species. Tropix-web is intended for all those involved in the timber industry in the North and South who need information on the properties and technological behavior of wood, and on its uses: companies involved in the production, processing, marketing and installation of tropical (and temperate) woods, contractors, architects, as well as research and teaching establishments (botany, forestry, wood science and technology), and institutional bodies. The needs expressed by these stakeholders are permanent and recurrent, given that the sources of data and information already available in this field are often very scattered and fragmented. Tropix software has been widely distributed and appreciated in the South, particularly in Central Africa, and continues to be so, notably in the context of locally-organized training courses. The launch of the Tropix-web application gives our partners in the South wide, free access to Cirad's data on tropical woods.