Origin of Wood Type: |
Africa |
Botanical Name: |
Chlorophora excelsa |
Specific Gravity: |
.64 |
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4.25 lb/ bf |
Color Range: |
Golden Brown- Dark Brown |
Rarity / Availability: ( ?): |
Available |
Typical Avg. Width: |
4" to 15", flitch stock boards can be found up to 60" inches wide |
Typical Avg. Length: |
8' to 16' feet |
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30% |
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Fine Furniture, Cabinetry, Architecural Millwork, Boat Building, Flooring, Decking, and other uses! |
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FAS, Flitch |
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Kambala, Mvulu, Odum, Kambala, Tule, Intule, Moreira, Band |
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Iroko, also known as African teak is a dense African timber with the properties of genuine teak. It is lighter in color than teak and finishes to a golden brown. The tree can grow quite large, I have seen forty foot long logs five feet in diameter.
*Tan to golden brown
*Very durable outdoors
*Used in the boating industry
*Blunts tools
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