Formal Name: Diospyrus spp.
Color: Only the black or brown heartwood is used commercially.
Shade: dark
Workability: Wood is so dense that it rapidly dulls tools for working, sawing or turning it.
Physical Properties: Very high density with high specific gravity and stiffness strength.
Interior/Exterior: interior only
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