Exotic Wood Species

• African Ebony

  Pink-colored, but darkens to a pale red brown

• African Mahogany

  Pink when freshly cut, darkening to a reddish-brown, with pale goldern-brown zones, on exposure

• African Padauk

  Vivid reddish orange color that changes to a purplish-rose colored hue

• Afrormosia

  White to pale-straw in colour with no clear distinction between sapwood and heartwood

• Afzelia

  Pale yellow to white, while the heartwood ranges from light brown to reddish-brown

• Amouk

  Dark wood color Coppery brown with dark brown veins

• Ayous

  Creamy-white to pale-straw in colour

• Azobe

  Coarse textured wood with a very tight interlocked grain

• Bete

  Heartwood can be yellow-brown, grey-brown or light mauve

• Bilinga

  Yellow or aureate colour which darkens with time

• Bosse

  Pale pinkish brown, darkening with age to a more golden to medium brown

• Bubinga

  Red-brown with lighter red to purple veining

• Dibetou

  Bronze orange-brown, with gum lines causing black streaks or lines

• Eyong

  Pale yellow with white streaks

• Frake

  Grey to pale yellow or pinkish white, darkening to pale reddish brown

• Ilomba

  Whitish to pinkish brown, sometimes with yellowish markings

• Iroko

  Golden-orange to brown, lighter vessel lines are conspicuous on flat saw surfaces

• Kosipo

  Dull brown to dark purplish brown, slightly darkening upon exposure

• Makore

  From pink-red to blood red and red-brown

• Moabi

  one of the most sensual and satisfying of hardwoods that a furniture maker can encounter

• Movingui

  Yellow to orangish brown; color tends to darken with age

• Niove

  Brown to orange-brown with darker brown streaks

• Okan

  Yellowish brown, often with a slight green tinge

• Sapele

  Medium to dark reddish brown or purplish brown

• Sipo

  From a pink-brown when fresh cut to deep red-brown

• Tali

  Yellowish brown to reddish brown

• Wengue

  Dark brown, almost black

• Zingana

  Light golden-yellow with narrow veining streaks of dark brown to almost black