Gaboon is the dark mahogany-like wood, but lighter in colour, from a western and central African burseraceous tree, Aucoumea klaineana, used in plywood, for furniture, and as a veneer. Research Gaboon
The gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) is a large venomous viper that occurs in African rainforests. It has brown and purple markings and hornlike projections on its snout. Research Gaboon Viper
The Fans are an African race of people inhabiting the region of the west coast about the Gaboon River and the Ogoway. They are traditionally an energetic race, skilled in various arts and cannibals, but contact with Europeans led to their cannibalism being supressed in the 20th century.