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ZEBRAWOOD
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(Microberlinia
brazzavillensis) This exotic and
imported hardwood is pale golden brown to pinkish-brown with pronounced
dark brown streaks giving the quartered surfaces a zebra-stripe
appearance. The grain in interlocked. This wood has a coarse texture and
lustrous surface. Zebrawood is heavy, hard and strong. Zebrawood is also
known as Zebrano, is imported from Central Africa, (Gabon, Cameroon, and
Congo). The heartwood is a pale golden yellow, distinct from the very
pale color of the sapwood and features narrow streaks of dark brown to
black. Zebrawood can also be a pale brown with regular or irregular
marks of dark brown in varying widths. It is almost always quartersawn
to get the exciting alternating color pattern.
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