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Veneer Utile
BackWood speciesUtile
Bot. NameEntandrophragma utile
Tradename EnUtile
Type
Deciduous tree
Price
Color
Red,
Light Brown,
Brown
Thickness
0.6 /
0.9 mm
Wood Structure
Quarter Cut,
Crown Cut
SurfaceSmooth
TreatmentNatural
Country of harvestAfrica
Usages
Interior,
Furniture,
Door
Certification
No Certification possible
Note
Detailed Description
One of the most beautiful and largest trees in Africa, up to 50 m high and diameters of over 200 cm, with high, board-like rootlets that reach up to 6 m in height. Shaft up to 30 m knotless, cylindrically grown and well formed. Bark up to 4 cm thick, light to brown-grey, hard, heavily furrowed and flaky.
Tradenames and other names
Bot. Name: Entandrophragma utile
Tradename De: Sipo Mahagoni, Utile
Tradename En: Utile
Properties
Raw density: 580 - 700 Kg/m3
Occurrence
Sipo is widespread throughout tropical Africa, partly also in East Africa, Cameroon, Congo and Uganda.
Characteristic and wood color
Split pin and core sharply separated. The sapwood is up to 6 cm thick and dirty white to greyish pink, not usable. The heartwood is reddish brown, later darkening to brown-violet, with a violet shimmer. The wood is recalcitrant, which results in rather broad longitudinal stiffness when cut. The wood is odourless in contrast to the strong crawling Sapeli. Sipo has a rather fine structure and is decorative.
