AMAZAQUÈ

Origine
AFRICA

Descrizione

Similar Woods:Teak
Botanical Name: Guibourtia ethie
Family: Leguminosae

Origin:Ivory coast, Ghana, Southern Nigeria and Gabon.

Uses: Fine furniture and cabinetwork, turnery, decorative veneers, flooring.
A walnut like wood.
Yields a gum copal used in pharmaceuticals and as a base for varnishes.

Properties: Heartwood yellow brown to dark brown with gray to almost black stripes; sapwood yellow white, about 4 in wide,
clearly demarcated.
Texture moderately coarse, grain straight to interlocked; attractive figure, unpleasant odour when freshly cut.

Machining:Saws slowly but well for its density, works fairly easily with hand and machine tools, planes to a good finish,
must be heated before slicing unto veneers.
May stain when in contact with metal.