Entandrophragma cylindricum
Tropical Africa
Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Color tends to darken with age. Besides the common ribbon pattern seen on quartersawn boards, sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback.
Sapele is used in all sorts of premium quality products.
From furniture to boatbuilding, panelling, flooring, veneer, doors- and windows components, musical instruments, countertops, beams, and speciality applications.
Sapele is from the same botanical family as both American and African Mahogany.
Because of this sapele is a very close match both visually as in the wood processing, and the application and working characteristics.
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