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.
EXPLORE OTHERS
MAPLE
ASH
TASMANIA
OAK
BAMBOO
BIRCH
BEECH
AMERICAN
OAK
EUROPEAN
OAK
YELLOW
BALAU
CHENGAL
ACCOYA
IROKO
TEAK
MERBAU
IPE
WALNUT
AFRICAN
GOLDEN TEAK
ZEBRANO
SIENNA
WALNUT
INDIAN
ROSE WOOD
AMERICAN
WALNUT
IRONWOOD
