
African Padouk Veneer
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Characteristics of African Padouk veneer
- Latin name: Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub.; Fam. Fabaceae
- Other names: African Corail Wood, Padouk, Padauk, Amboina, Amboyna, Narra
- Characteristics: easily workable with all tools, dense, hard and bendable wood, very decorative
- Wood color: whitish sapwood, heartwood intensely colored from shiny coral red to orange brown, aging to deep redbrown color
- Source: West-, Central- and East Africa
- Application: floorings, parquet, furniture, musical instruments, heavy construction wood
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