Workability: The wood saws well, but can be very difficult to plane or surface due to the prevalence of interlocking grain. Rot Resistance:Heartwood is rated as durable and is also resistant to insect damage. Grain is usually wavy or interlocked.Įndgrain: Diffuse-porous large to very large pores in no specific arrangement, few to very few solitary and radial multiples of 2-3 heartwood deposits (brown) occasionally present narrow rays not visible without lens, normal to close spacing parenchyma diffuse-in-aggregates, unilateral, vasicentric, winged, lozenge, and confluent, and banded (marginal). Grain/Texture:Has a fairly coarse texture and open pores. Depending on whether the wood is flatsawn or quartersawn, the stripes can be either chaotic and wavy (flatsawn), or somewhat uniform (quartersawn). Shrinkage: Radial: 7.6%, Tangential: 10.8%, Volumetric: 17.8%, T/R Ratio: 1.4Ĭolor/Appearance: Heartwood is a light brown or cream color with dark blackish brown streaks vaguely resembling a zebra’s stripes.
Scientific Name:Microberlinia brazzavillensis Zebrawood (Microberlinia brazzavillensis)
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