Opepe

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The heartwood is a distinctive uniform golden-yellow or orange-brown colour, clearly differentiated from the pinkish yellow sapwood which is usually about 50mm wide. The texture is coarse and the grain frequently interlocked, producing a striped or roll figure on quarter-sawn surfaces. Lustrous, very hard and moderately heavy, it weighs about...

Oak, European

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

There is no essential difference in the appearance of the wood of either species. The sapwood is 25mm to 50mm wide and lighter in colour than the heartwood which is yellowish-brown. Quarter-sawn surfaces show a distinct silver-grain figure due to the broad rays. The annual rings are clearly marked by...

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...

Mora

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The sapwood is yellowish in colour and clearly defined from the heartwood, which is dark brown, reddish brown or dark red streaked with white or brown lines. The grain is straight or more commonly interlocked and very variable and the texture is usually coarse.

Merbau

by TDUK|04 September 2217 April 24

The sapwood, usually about 75mm wide, is sharply differentiated from the heartwood, and is whitish to pale yellow in colour. The heartwood is orange-brown or brown or dark red-brown, weathering to darker shades. Lighter-coloured parenchymatous markings often give the wood an ornamental figure on tangential surfaces. The wood is rather...

Mengkulang

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The sapwood is yellow to light brown in colour, clearly defined from the heartwood, which is pinkish-brown, but more commonly reddish-brown or dark brown. Planed surfaces are lustrous, and quarter-sawn surfaces are marked with moderately conspicuous reddish flecks caused by the fairly large rays. The grain is straight to shallowly...

Massaranduba

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The heartwood is light red to rose red when freshly cut, turning dark reddish brown on exposure; sapwood whitish or pale brown,distinct, but not sharply demarcated from the heart-wood. The grain is usually straight but sometimes interlocked, and the texture is fine and uniform. The wood is hard and extremely...

Larch, Japanese

by TDUK|04 September 2204 April 24

The colour of the wood closely resembles that of European larch, being reddish-brown with clearly marked annual rings. Under European growth conditions the growth is often fairly rapid, resulting in a generally lighter weight than that of European larch and averaging 560 kg/m3 when dried.

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...

Kempas

by TDUK|04 September 2230 April 24

The sapwood is well defined, white to pale yellow in colour, and about 50mm wide in large trees. The heartwood is brick-red when freshly sawn, weathering to orange-red speckled by veins of hard, stone-like tissue, usually about 6mm wide, and may extend for one metre or more in the direction...

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