Kosipo

Origin:

The wet forests of West Africa

Color:

The sapwood is gray to light brown, the heartwood is sharply distinct from it, a red-brown and deep violet which tend to darken.

Characteristics:

The coarse, regularly scattered pores are not very numerous. Kosipo wood is generally straight grained.

Application:

Owing to its large diameter, its saturated coloring and strong, uniform glossy stripes, Kosipo is especially well suited to producing quarter-sliced veneer, as for door layons, built-in furniture, partitions, decorative surfaces and all sorts of wainscoting. It is also suited to interior finishing and outdoor construction, artistic cabinetmaking and furniture.