Dark Zebra Wood Flooring

Has a fairly coarse texture and open pores.

Dark zebra wood flooring.

Texture is coarse with a lustrous surface. Depending on whether the wood is flatsawn or quartersawn the stripes can be either chaotic and wavy flatsawn or somewhat uniform quartersawn. Or homes that have a warm and rustic appeal. Zebrawood flooring tends to be lighter in color almost a yellow brown with streaks that tend to be a bit darker.

Brenco exotic woods is an american manufactured hardwood flooring. It is at its best when quartersawn because it has a nervous disposition. What s the tree like. Other names african zebrawood allen ele zebrano zingana.

Shop for zebrawood characteristics of zebrawood. It is a hard wood with a medium to coarse texture. The contrast between light and dark streaks is what makes this exceptional hardwood flooring option so popular and renowned. Grain is usually wavy or interlocked.

Some typical uses furniture accessories turnery veneer inlay. Zebrawood heartwood is a golden yellow with narrow veining or streaks of dark brown to black which gives quartered surfaces a zebra stripe appearance. Zebrawood exotic wood zebrawood or zebrano as it is known in europe is named after its charismatic dark and light striping. Zebrawood has a golden yellow heartwood with streaks of dark brown to black.

The bark is. Golden brown with pronounced dark brown streaks. Every piece of wood is unique and the patterns of the striping are considerably varied hence the reason it is called zebrawood. Heartwood is a light brown or cream color with dark blackish brown streaks vaguely resembling a zebra s stripes.

The dark and light bands give a zebra stripe look that accounts for the name but zebrawood is a name that many other. We work with african exotic wood species only. Zebrawood is excellent for wood turning veneer furniture pens and knife handles. Bole straight and cylindrical but relatively short up to 50 feet.

Depending on whether the wood is flatsawn or quartersawn the stripes can be either chaotic and wavy flatsawn or somewhat uniform quartersawn. Grain is interlocked or wavy and produces alternating hard and soft grained material. Zebrawood is an exotic wood native to the western african countries of cameroon and gabon. Trunk diameters 48 60 over low buttresses.

A tall tree to 150 feet.