The wood is generally a light creamy to brown. Young timber has a uniform colour. Older pieces develop intricate swirling grain patterns. Highly sought after due to limited quantities and old growth grain. Wild olive is dense, hard (JN 12,010 N) and grain patterns are varied.
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The wood features a fine grain, is quite heavy, and exceptionally hard (JN 12,001 N). The heartwood exhibits an overall dark brown hue, accented by subtle red and gold undertones. In contrast, the sapwood presents a rich yellow shade, creating a striking juxtaposition with the dark heartwood. As the wood ages, it takes on a deeper, darker colour.
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The wood is very fine grained, one of Southern Africa's heaviest and extremely hard (JN 15,880 N). Overall colour of the heartwood is a rich reddish brown to near black in aged pieces. Sapwood is a pale yellow to light brown. The more aged the wood is, the darker it becomes. A protected species in Southern Africa.
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The wood features a fine grain, is solid, and has a medium weight. It displays dark spalting patterns resulting from side shoots and injuries. The overall colour ranges from varying shades of brown to pink, with a subtle golden sheen.
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A distinctive hardwood with smooth golden-yellow tones, subtle figuring, and gentle chatoyance. Strong, durable, and naturally elegant, each piece offers warm colour and unique character.
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One of the world's rarest and most sought after hardwoods (JN 14,370 N). With heartwood bright pink to dark crimson, often with a waved or fiddleback grain pattern. With this high density it is hard to work, but it has an unrivalled finish and colour. This does make it one of Africa's priciest wood types.
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Buffalo thorn is a fine grained, light cream to yellow wood. Often with dark crimson streaking from scars and fine black spalting lines. Used in the past for tool handles, wagon parts and posts. The tree itself is of great spiritual importance to many African peoples and it also has a wide variety of medicinal and leather tanning uses.
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Weeping wattle has an overall light pinkish colour. It is medium grained with an open grain formation that creates beautiful patterns and lines when turned. The wood was traditionally used for furniture. The tree has many medicinal uses and the yellow flowers have a large pollen and nectar yield for bees, insects and birds.
Shop Weeping WattleThe wood is fine grained, heavy and hard (JN 11,010 N). Overall colour is varying shades of brown to yellow with an overall golden brown colour. Distinctly scented, highly sought after. A protected species in South Africa.
Hard, dense and difficult to cut. Knob thorn wood was previously used for fencing and construction, even mineshaft supports, due to its hardness and resistance to moulds and insects. With a rich golden brown heartwood in younger pieces to a dark red-brown in aged pieces. Grain is uniform except around injuries and shoots.
Young knob thorn has a very light colour, still hard and dense but creams and light yellows instead of the dark brown shades of older heartwood. Often with streaking of greys and blues from spalting if the young wood has been exposed to the elements during the rainy season.
Blue thorn wood is a rich yellow to brown with a golden lustre in the sunlight. Even and open grained pattern. It is dense and hard, similar to some of the other Senegalia species but easier to work with. There is often a combination of the lighter young wood and dark old growth, giving pieces a flowing effect with lots of contrasts.
One of Southern Africa's rarest timbers and top 3 most valuable timbers. Highly sought after for woodwind instruments and heirloom items. The heartwood is dark black, with trees from high rainfall areas showing some lighter chocolate colouring; young wood is a contrasting light yellow. This, along with Red Ivory, is one of the two rarest tone woods in the world. Extremely limited supply.