African Rosewood
The sapwood is narrow and white in colour, the heartwood is a rich pink-red, turning red-brown with age.
Afrormosia
Afrormosia is yellow-brown to brown and has some resemblance to teak but with a finer texture and lacking the oily nature of teak.
American Beech
American Beech heartwood is reddish-brown and the sapwood light brown.
Ash
Heartwood varies from light brown to reddish-brown, sapwood is white.
Balau
Balau is yellow-brown to dark-brown with a fine texture and interlocked grain.
Blackwood - African
The sapwood is narrow, white in colour and clearly defined from the dark heartwood, which is dark brown to black with prominent black streaks.
Blackwood - Australian
The heartwood ranges from golden-brown to reddish-brown or dark brown. The grain is usually straight.
Bocote
No data available
Camphor (East African)
The timber when freshly cut is yellowish with a green/brown tinge, darkening on exposure. The sapwood is paler.
Cedar (Japanese)
The wood is pale-yellow to pinkish-brown.
Cedar (Pencil)
The sapwood is narrow and creamy-white in colour and the heartwood is a uniform reddish-brown colour.
Cedar (Western Red)
Varies from a pale pinkish-brown to dark brown.
Cherry
The heartwood varies in colour from reddish-brown to rich red, the narrow sapwood being pink.
Cocobolo
The sapwood is light cream to white, the heartwood varies from light yellow to rich red with many other coloured streaks.
Cottonwood (Poplar)
Pale yellow-white to light brown in colour with no clear distinction between sapwood and heartwood.
Cypress
The heartwood is yellowish-brown to pinkish-brown usually distinct from the paler sapwood.
European Beech
European Beech is very pale brown when freshly cut, turning reddish-brown on exposure and deep reddish-brown under the influence of steaming treatment.
