Zebrawood | Zingana | Zebrano Wood(Microberlinia brazzavillensis)
The wood saws well, but can be very difficult to plane or surface due to the prevalence of interlocking grain. Tearout is common. Zebrawood glues and finishes well, though a transparent pore filler may be necessary for the large open pores which occur on both dark and light surfaces.Has a characteristic, unpleasant smell when being worked. Zebrawood is frequently quartersawn and used as veneer. Other uses include: tool handles, furniture, boatbuilding, and skis.. This Specie Can be produced and shipped in Saw logs, Peeled Logs, Square edged timber, Round edged timber, Flooring boards, Finishing boards, Unedged boards, Square logs, Decking boards, Parquet floors, Floor planks, Wall coverings(Veneers Sheets), Plywood, Roof coverings, Rattan, Sleepers, Polls and proprietary grade hardwood products of both finish and unfinished.
Zebrawood Wood Specie
- Common Name(s): - Zebrawood, Zebrano
- Scientific Name: - Microberlinia brazzavillensis
- Distribution: - Central & West Africa
- Tree Size: - 65-130 ft (20-40 m) tall, 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m) trunk diameter
- Average Dried Weight: - 50 lbs/ft3 (805 kg/m3)
- Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): - .67, .81
- Janka Hardness: - 1,830 lbf (8,160 N)
- Modulus of Rupture: - 17,800 lbf/in2 (122.8 MPa)
- Elastic Modulus: - 2,374,000 lbf/in2 (16.37 GPa)
- Crushing Strength: - 9,210 lbf/in2 (63.5 MPa)
- Shrinkage: - Radial: 7.6%, Tangential: 10.8%, Volumetric: 17.8%, T/R Ratio: 1.4
- Availability: - Highly Available
- Restrictions: - No
ALL ABOUT ZEBRAWOOD
- Color/Appearance: - Heartwood is a light brown or cream color with dark blackish brown streaks vaguely resembling a zebra’s stripes. Depending on whether the wood is flatsawn or quartersawn, the stripes can be either chaotic and wavy (flatsawn), or somewhat uniform (quartersawn).
- Grain/Texture: - Has a fairly coarse texture and open pores. Grain is usually wavy or interlocked.
- Endgrain: - Diffuse-porous; large to very large pores in no specific arrangement, few to very few; solitary and radial multiples of 2-3; heartwood deposits (brown) occasionally present; narrow rays not visible without lens, spacing fairly close; parenchyma diffuse-in-aggregates, unilateral, vasicentric, winged, lozenge, and confluent, and banded (marginal).
- Rot Resistance: - Heartwood is rated as durable and is also resistant to insect damage.
- Workability: - The wood saws well, but can be very difficult to plane or surface due to the prevalence of interlocking grain. Tearout is common. Zebrawood glues and finishes well, though a transparent pore filler may be necessary for the large open pores which occur on both dark and light surfaces.
- Odor: - Has a characteristic, unpleasant smell when being worked.
- Allergies/Toxicity: - Although severe reactions are quite uncommon, Zebrawood has been reported as a sensitizer. Usually most common reactions simply include eye and skin irritation.See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Safety for more information.
- Pricing/Availability: - Zebrawood tends to be fairly expensive, though usually not as prohibitively expensive as other exotics such as Ebony or Rosewood.
- Sustainability: - This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices, but is on the IUCN Red List. It is listed as vulnerable due to a population reduction of over 20% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in its natural range. (A closely-related, lesser-used species in Cameroon, Microberlinia bisulcata, is also listed as critically endangered.)
- Common Uses: - Zebrawood is frequently quartersawn and used as veneer. Other uses include: tool handles, furniture, boatbuilding, and skis.
- Comments: - Sometimes called Zebrano, the wood is strong and stiff, with a fairly high density. However, the wood is much more frequently used for its bold and unique striping.
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