Heartwood is a light brown or cream color with dark blackish brown streaks vaguely resembling a zebra s stripes.
African zebra wood tree.
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Dalbergia melanoxylon african blackwood grenadilla or mpingo is a flowering plant in the family fabaceae native to seasonally dry regions of africa from senegal east to eritrea and south to the north eastern parts of south africa the tree is an important timber species in its native areas.
Depending on whether the wood is flatsawn or quartersawn the stripes can be either chaotic and wavy flatsawn or somewhat uniform quartersawn.
A tall tree to 150 feet.
Zebrawood grows in africa.
The zebra like appearance is due to the light colored sapwood in contrast with the dark colored grain.
In the 20th century the most important source of zebrawood was microberlinia brazzavillensis also.
The name zebrawood is used to describe several tree species and the wood derived from them.
Trunk diameters 48 60 over low buttresses.
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Zebrawood is characterized by a striped figure that is reminiscent of a zebra the name originally applied to the wood of astronium graveolens citation needed a large tree native to central america.
Zebrawood is excellent for wood turning veneer furniture pens and knife handles.
The bark is up to 12 thick.
Grain is usually wavy or interlocked.
It is used in the manufacture of musical instruments and fine furniture.
Zebrawood is an exotic wood native to the western african countries of cameroon and gabon.
Bole straight and cylindrical but relatively short up to 50 feet.
It is a hard wood with a medium to coarse texture.
Texture is coarse with a lustrous surface.
It is a hard wood with a medium to coarse texture.
Zebrawood is excellent for wood turning veneer furniture pens and knife handles.
Zebrawood is an exotic wood native to the western african countries of cameroon and gabon.
Zebrawood microberlinia brazzavillensis also known as zebrano is a west african tree found mainly in gabon and cameroon.
The zebra like appearance is due to the light colored sapwood in contrast with the dark colored grain.
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The latin species name is derived from a city in the congo brazzaville.
Endemic to the lowland forests of southwest cameroon the african zebrawood is much sought after for its beautiful black and creamy striped timber.
Zebrawood heartwood is a golden yellow with narrow veining or streaks of dark brown to black which gives quartered surfaces a zebra stripe appearance.
