The wood is used in Nigeria in hut-building for making walls, doors, and window frames, and in Liberia for planks. In Ghana, small trees are cut for poles and used as mine pit props and bridge piles. The twigs are used in Ghana as candlesticks, and the smaller ones as chew-sticks and tooth-picks in Ghana and Gabon. The inner bark contains a sticky yellow resin. The bark has anodyne properties. In the Region, it is pounded and rubbed on the body to relieve painful conditions. In Gabon, a decoction is taken for dysentery and as a mouthwash for toothache, and in Congo (Brazzaville) for stomach pains. In Congo, a decoction of the bark or the leaves is taken for cough, asthma, bronchitis, and other bronchial affections while the lees from this preparation are rubbed over areas of pain after scarification. The tree's fruit is not edible but its seeds are the source of
Allanblackia Oil long used by local populations.
Nigeria is developing infrastructure for international-scale commercial use. It is estimated Nigeria produced about 50 tons of Allan Lacki oil in 2006. Domesticating Allanblackia floribunda is being attempted. Presently the seed is collected only from wild stands or from trees retained on farmland (When clearing land for cultivation trees are left and managed, especially for shading cocoa). ==References==