General Characteristics


  • Moderately dense and hard

  • Strong in comparison to weight

  • Excellent machining properties

  • Superb finishing qualities

  • Open pores require filling to conventional finishing

  • Annual growth clearly marked

  • Texture fine and even

  • Polishes to high luster

  • Heartwood variegated to dark chocolate brown sometimes with purplish cast

  • Sapwood nearly white