BUBINGA WOOD LOGS

Description

The heartwood of Bubinga is pink, pink-red to red-brown, coloured with purple veins which can cause streaking on the quartered surface and a grained mark on the flat cut surface. Discolours in light, as a result of which this marking is less distinct. The sapwood is white coloured, 60 mm thick.

Properties of this timber species

General

• Botanical name: 1. Guibourtia demeusei, 2. Guibourtia tessmannii, 3. Guibourtia pellegriniana
• ATIBT name: Bubinga

 Uses

• It is ideally suited for brushes and knife shafts
• Veneer, furniture, cabinetwork, panelling, stairs, turned goods, parquet and wood carving for mosaics

 Durability

• Resistance to fungi: class 2 (durable)
• Resistance to insects: Termites class D (sapwood and heartwood very durable), Anobium (woodworm) class D, Hylotrupes (old-house borer) class D, Bubinga is moderately resistant to damage by pile worm.

 Density

• (700)-830-(960) kg/m³ at 12% moisture content
• Fresh 900-1100 kg/m³