DESCRIPTION: Heartwood is a golden-yellow with narrow veining or streaks of dark brown to black which gives quartered surfaces a zebra-stripe appearance. Grain is interlocked or wavy & produces alternating hard & soft grained material. Texture is coarse with a lustrous surface. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: West Africa (Cameroon. Congo & Gabon) BOTANICAL NAME: Microberlinia Brazzavillensis JANKA HARDNESS: 1575