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Wholesale Zebrawood Lumber Stock Information
| GRADES: | FAS/SEL |
| CUTS: | Mixed Grain |
| SIZES: | 4/4, 8/4 |
| DRYING: | Kiln-Dried (KD) |
| WHOLESALE MINIMUM: | 1,000 board feet and up |
Species Information
BOTANICAL NAME: Microberlinia brazzavillensis
Zebrawood is frequently quartersawn and used as a decorative veneer. Other common uses include turnery, furniture, tool handles and boatbuilding.
| OTHER NAMES: |
Zebrano |
| ORIGIN: | West Africa |
| APPEARANCE: | Heartwood pale yellow brown with narrow darker streaks, striping pattern varies considerably; sapwood white up to 4 in. wide, distinct. Texture medium to coarse; grain usually wavy or interlocked; lustrous; unpleasant odor disappears after drying |
| DENSITY: | Janka scale hardness is 1,575 for dry material |
| WEIGHT: | 53lbs. / cu. ft., or approximately 4.4 lbs. per board foot |
| DRYING: | Difficult to season without warping, should be quartersawn to minimize degrade |
| WORKABILITY: | Saws fairly well, interlocked grain can tear; good gluing properties, veneers need careful handling to avoid cracking |
| DURABILITY: | Heartwood is durable and resistant to termite attack |
| PRESERVATION: | Heartwood extremely resistant; sapwood permeable |
| FINISHING: | A clean smooth finish is sometimes difficult to obtain with machine or hand planing |