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DESCRIPTION

The heartwood matures from a pink-brown when fresh cut to deep red-brown. The grain is interlocked to rather irregular, producing a wide irregular striped figure on quartered surfaces. The wood has a faint cedar-like smell. It is extremely resistant to preservative treatment and resistant to decay.

  • Local Name

    Asseng-Assie

  • Scientific Name

    Entandrophragma utile

  • Other Names

    Kalungi, Assi, Abebay, Mufumbi, Sipo-Mahogany, Utile, Bokoi, Liboyo

SNAPSHOT

Wieght

635

Kg / M3

Hardness

5260

Janka Ranking (N)

Density

0.63

Specific Gravity

Working With Sipo

  • General Workability
  • Wood Texture
  • Ease of Finish

COMMON USES

  • Sliced veneer
  • Current furniture or furniture components
  • Cabinetwork (high class furniture)
  • Exterior joinery
  • Interior joinery
  • Interior panelling
  • Veneer for back or face of plywood
  • Moulding
  • Embarcations légères
  • Flooring
  • Stairs (inside)
  • Volets roulants
  • Light carpentry
  • Glued laminated
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