Formply

heartwood dark brownish olive to dark olive, generally uniform, sometimes greenish due to lapachol, distinct from the pale yellow sapwood. Grain interlocked, texture medium, luster moderate or lacking depending on the species, characteristic odor and not distinctive taste.

Heavy wood, hard and few difficult to saw (stiletted saws recommended) but easy to smooth, it produces excellent finishing. It has medium and uniform texture and it carries high mechanical resistance and extreme durability.

heartwood reddish brown with dark streaks, becoming dark brownish red, sharply demarcated from the pale brown sapwood. Grain interlocked, texture medium, not distinctive odor and taste when dry.

Light wood and soft to cutting; core generally pinkish-chestnut or pinkish-beige, or also, dark pinkish-beige, eventually with brownish shades; little differentiated alburnum, light-beige; right grain; medium texture, uniform; surface irregularly shined and lightly rough to the touch; smell and taste unnoticeable.