COMMON NAMES:   Zebrawood, zebrano

SPECIFIC GRAVITY:   .74

DENSITY:  46 lbs./cu.ft.

TANGENTIAL MOVEMENT:   11.5%

RADIAL MOVEMENT:   6.8%

VOLUMETRIC SHRINKAGE:   16.5%

DURABILITY1:   Good

SOURCE:  British West Africa, Gaboon and the Cameroons

DESCRIPTION:   Highly decorative, light gold color, with narrow streaks of dark brown to black, visible by quartering. Heavy and hard, it can be polished to a high luster, but it is rather coarse in texture. Zebrawood has a rather unpleasant odor when working it.

1 Durability refers to a wood's resistance to rotting in wet environments.