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Sapele

SapeleFAS SE Kiln Dried

Latin Name : Entandrophragma Cylindricum

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.




Uses Specification Sizes mm  S/E K/D FAS
Furniture, shopfitting, general
joinery and flooring.

Average length 9'
Range 6' to 18'

Average width 9"
Range 4" to 14"

25mm
32mm
38mm
50mm
63mm
75mm
100mm

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Medium

Medium

Good

Moderate

620kg/m3


** For symbol explanation see 'Timber Terminology'