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Kosipo
Entandrophragma candollei
- Primary hardwood
Kosipo is the darkest and heaviest of the commercial Entandrophragma species, with a purplish to chocolate-brown heartwood. The grain is strongly interlocked and the texture coarser than Sapele, so surfaces need care in planing. It is used for furniture, joinery, flooring and decorative veneer where a deeper colour than Sapele is wanted.
Classification
- Commercial category
- Primary / Principal Hardwood
- Botanical family
- Meliaceae
- Density (air-dry)
- 620–750 kg/m³
- Durability class
- Class 3 (Moderately Durable)
- Janka hardness
- 4,900 N
- Trade names
- Omu, Heavy sapele, Kosipo
- Local names
- Kosipo
- Regions harvested
- East, South, Centre
Commercial category is a market grouping used in the timber trade. It is not a regulatory or legal classification.
Properties
- Grain
- Strongly interlocked
- Colour
- Dark purple-brown to chocolate
- Texture
- Coarse
- Working
- Tears easily — reduce cutting angle
Typical uses
- Furniture and cabinetwork
- Interior joinery
- Flooring
- Decorative veneer
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