African in Origin
Movement - Medium
Durability - Moderately
Treatability - Resistant including the sapwood
Workability - Works well, finishes well except for planing quartered stock
Uses - Joinery, furniture, panelling and decorative veneers
Look - Interlocking grain, moderately fine texture and even. Heartwood medium to dark reddish brown, sapwood pale creamy in colour. An alternative to Mahogany.