MAKORE

DESCRIPTION

The wood is dark pink brown to dark red brown with sometimes purplish glints and/or pale veins slightly distinct, Often moiré. It has clearly demarcated sapwood. The grain is often straight but many figured logs have a decorative moiré or watered silk appearance, or a chequered mottle, sometimes with streaks of a darker colour. The surface is lustrous and the texture uniform and fine. Mokore is very popular because of its distinctive appearance. The heartwood is rated as one of the most durable African timbers. It is resistant to termites and fungi. The heartwood is very difficult to impregnate, the sapwood moderately easy.