• The sapwood is approximately 2 inches wide, a pale brown colour with an orange tinge.
• The heartwood is moderately hard and heavy, usually pinkish in colour, occasionally red and streaky, but turning brown with age.
• It is lustrous but lacks a distinct figure and the texture is intermediate and uneven.
• The grain is normally straight and fissile, or slightly interlocked, but severe spiral grain can occur.
• In hardness the timber is comparable with European Oak.

Working Qualities:

• Not usually difficult to saw or machine.
• Some radial surfaces may be slightly roughened by interlocked grain.
• There is no difficulty in gluing, nailing, varnishing or painting seasoned timber, but for a good painted finish a filler is desirable.

Uses:

• Furniture making and musical instruments.
• Product Attributes:
• Product Limitations:
• Sapwood subject to Lyctus attack.