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A dark brown to sometimes nearly black wood with straight to interlocking grain. Hard and heavy with good working qualities. Turns and finishes well and takes a good polish. -
Heartwood is a vivid red when freshly cut, toning down to a medium to dark purple-brown on exposure, often with fine black lines. Sapwood is wide and greyish-white. Straight to interlocked grain with course texture. Finishes very well, tends to be dusty. -
The heartwood is light and dark chocolate brown. At 1010kg's/m3 the wood is hard, heavy, durable, close-grained and resistant to termites. When freshly worked it has a distinctive, sweetish smell.It sands and finishes well to a satin lustre. It is used in musical instruments, turning and carving.
