Other Common Names:

Botanical Name:
Metopium brownei

Family:

Mature Tree Height, Diameter:
50 ft , ft

Weight @ 12% M/C:
53 lbs./ft.3

Working Properties:
Not easy to work but is capable of a high polish.

Growing Regions:
Caribbean, Mexico and Central America

General Characteristics:
Hearty variegated brown and red with a greenish tinge and golden lush, texture rather fine to medium, grain variable, may cause skin rash.

Uses:
Furniture, cabinetry, millwork, tool handles, turnery.

Acceptable Substitutes:

References:
"Commercial Foreign Woods on the American Market", by David A. Kribs, Dover Publishing 1968, p. 9

Discussion:
Very attractive often highly figured wood at a normally reasonable price. Some people are highly sensitive to the green wood.