Oak, American white

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

Although generally resembling European oak, American white oak is more variable in colour, ranging from pale yellow-brown to pale reddish-brown, often with a pinkish tint. The multi-seriate rays are generally higher than those of the red oaks producing a more prominent and attractive silver-grain figure on quarter-sawn surfaces. The grain...

Louro

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The timber is light reddish brown to yellow brown with a golden sheen. The sapwood is well defined and grey or creamy brown in colour. The grain is interlocked and the texture medium.

Niangon

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The heartwood and sapwood are not clearly distinct. The heartwood varies from pale pink to reddish-brown; the sapwood is lighter coloured and about 75mm wide. The gain is often wavy and interlocked, so that quarter-sawn material shows an irregular stripe figure. The texture is rather coarse, and the timber has...

Movingue

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The pale yellow sapwood is narrow and not clearly defined: the heartwood is pale to bright yellow to yellow-brown. The texture is fine although the grain is often interlocked, sometimes wavy and the wood has a very lustrous surface. This is a moderately hard, heavy timber.

Mandio

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The sapwood is cream-coloured, from 32mm to 56mm wide, and except for Q. rosea is rather clearly demarcated from the heartwood; this is pinkish-brown when freshly cut, turning a light reddish-brown with a definite coppery or golden look. Superficially the wood resembles Spanish cedar (Cedrela) and quaruba or yemeri (Vochysia)....

Mahogany, African

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

African Mahogany ie, K. ivoiensis, K. anthotheca and K. grandifoliola (in part). The heartwood is distinctly pink when freshly sawn, but when seasoned varies in colour from light pinkish-brown to a deep reddish shade; the yellowish-brown sapwood is not always clearly demarcated. The heartwood of K. grandifoliola tends to be...

Larch, Siberian

by TDUK|04 September 2204 April 24

The heartwood is pale reddish-brown to brick-red in colour, sharply defined from the narrow, lighter-coloured sapwood. It is a very resinous wood, with clearly marked annual rings. It has a straight grain, a fine, uniform texture and is rather heavy, weighing 590 kg/m3 when dried, it is likely that plantaion...

Keruing

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The sapwood is greyish-brown and distinct, and usually 50mm to 75mm wide. The heartwood varies from light red to reddish-brown or brown, darkening on exposure. The grain is usually straight but may be shallowly interlocked, and the texture is moderately coarse or coarse, but even. The timber contains an oleo-resin...

Imbiua

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The timber is variable in colour with the heartwood yellowish, olive to chocolate brown, frequently variegated and sometimes figured. It is a fine to medium textured wood and the grain may be straight, wavy or curly.

Idigbo

by TDUK|04 September 2229 April 24

A plain, pale yellow to light brown coloured wood. sometimes relieved by a zonal figure originating in the growth rings, suggesting plain oak. There is little distinction between sapwood and heartwood, though the latter is somewhat darker in colour. The grain is straight to slightly irregular, and the texture is...

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