Merbau

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The sapwood is pale yellow to light buff and is sharply differentiated from the heartwood, which is yellowish to orange-brown when fresh, darkening to brown or dark red-brown on exposure.

Texture is rather coarse but even, with interlocked grain.

DENSITY

The timber is a Heavy Hardwood with a density of 515-1,040 kg/m3 air dry.

USES

Merbau can be used for furniture, fine joinery, turnery, cabinets, flooring, musical instrument, and other specialty wood items.