Tropical Hardwood

This beautiful South American hardwood species variates from shiny orange to a darker red-brown core, tiger striped in yellow, golden and brown shades. Jatoba is known for its hardness, which makes it difficult to cut in. Jatoba is suitable as bonding tree. Used for floors, patio planks, windows, doors, handrails and benches.

The core of Tali is described as yellow-brown to dark or chocolate brown with gray or almost black stripes. The African Tali has a slightly lighter shade. There are scattered coarse leeks, filled with red sharpik edgedes. Tali is difficult to work, pre-drilling is always necessary. Hard to ignite. Used for harbors, waterworks as well as sleepers and bridge decks in addition to cladding and decking.

Wengé has an approximately 5cm gray-white splinter, in fresh cut yellow-brown with a year-long core that has a greenish glow. In the case of sunlight, the tree becomes lighter than other varieties. The tree is very durable, strong, incredibly elastic, wear-resistant with high impact strength. Machining is energy-intensive. Stitches and screws can break the tree and gluing is difficult.

Wide gray and unusable splinter. The bottom color of the core is yellow-gray with zebra-coated stripes in brown shades. Has medium strength properties with outstanding bending strength and elasticity. Pockets may occur with a resin-like substance. Very resistant to use in the open air and is not attacked by worms. This West African hardwood variety stands out from many others by the characteristic stripes. For this reason, the wood specie is a favorite for decorative items such as furniture, veneers, countertops, etc.