Manchiche

The heartwood ranges from cream-brown to dark reddish-brown. The heartwood often has thin stripes of lighter color. Its texture is moderately coarse with a low to medium luster and a straight to interlocked grain. Tangentially sawn surfaces can produce an attractive, striated figure alternating between darker and lighter fibers.

Aside from its Class 1 durability and resistance to insect attacks, its primary boast is that is it unsurpassed in bending strength – even when compared to Ipe. Despite its extreme density, it actually responds well to machine cutting and is considered easy to work with.

Products Available: Sawn Timber – Decking FSC

Applications: Heavy construction, decking, flooring, fine furniture, garden furniture, lathed products, tool handles, shipbuilding, and railroad crossties.

The wood is reported to be very resistant to fungus and insect attacks, including termites.