Wenge
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Dark brown, almost black, sapwood yellowish white, straight grained and of rather coarse texture. More...............
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Padouk - FSC
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Colour, vivid red toning down to dark purple-brown, this extremely stable timber has an attractive appearance together with high strength properties. A lustrous timber of outstanding appearance. More.............
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Movingui - FSC
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Colour yellow to yellowish brown. Medium texture, slightly interlocked grain, works similar to Iroko. A moderately heavy timber having good dimensional stability and suitable for many of the purposes for which oak is used. More.................
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Cedar
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Plantation grown and bears a resemblance to the softer grade of Mahogany, with a variation in colour from pale pinkish-brown to dark reddish-brown. Straight grain with texture moderately coarse. More..............
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Idigbo/Emeri
Colour is yellow to light brown. The grain is straight to slightly irregular with a medium to fairly coarse texture. The timber works well by both machine and hand tools and finishes cleanly. An excellent utility timber for many purposes due to its medium weight, ease of working, durability and outstanding stability. More............
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Iroko
 Colour varies from light yellow to golden brown and texture is coarse, often with an interlocked grain. Works moderately easily with some dulling effect on tools and so a cutting angle of 150 is recommended. Available in air-dried dimension stock for external construction work. This is a hardwearing timber which is resistant to decay. Has many of the desirable features of Teak. More...............
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Obeche
Colour nearly white to pale straw. Of fine even texture, although the grain can be interlocked, to works very easily. Also available as Ayous logs. More..............
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Sapele
Colour dark reddish brown. Grain is interlocked or wavy with a medium to fine texture. It works fairly easily. Available in log form, which when quarter sawn produces the familiar stripey figure. SGS Stocks available. More............
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Utile
Colour fairly uniform reddish or purplish brown. Grain is interlocked and rather irregular. The stripe figure of square sawn is less marked than in Sapele and the texture more open owing to the larger size of the pores. Strength is comparable to European Beech. More............
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