SAPELE
Entandrophragma cylindricum
ORIGIN
Africa.
INFO
Sapele is particularly prized for a lustrous iridescence with colours that range from light pink to brown and gold to red. It has a high density and interlocked grain.
APPEARANCE
Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Colour tends to darken with age. Besides the common ribbon pattern seen on quarter sawn boards, Sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback.
1439 :HARDNESS (JANKA)
COMMONLY USED
Flooring, Cabinetry & Furnitures.