African Padauk

The heartwood is a vivid reddish-orange when freshly cut but can darken to reddish or purplish brown or black. Color fades with age. When newly cut, the sapwood is white, but it turns to grey or brownish-yellow when exposed to light. Typically dry weight: 720kg/m3. Grows in Tropical West and Central Africa.

A heavy and dense wood, it has high bending and crushing strengths, with medium stiffness and resistance to shock loads, and high resistance to abrasion. It is not suitable for steam bending but it planes, sands and carves well.

Quality furniture and joinery, cabinet making, office furniture, parquet flooring, tool and knife handles, shuttles and sporting goods.