Ekki and Opepe are qualified timbers which are maintenance free and aethetically and environmentally pleasing. In spite of their hardness these timbers can be machined to a fine accurate finish so essential to Lock Gate manufacture.
Cumaru qualities are comparable to Greenhart and Ekki. Massaranduba is similar to Greenheart and Ekki, It has dark red brown slightly purplish heartwood, which turns to dark reddish brown on exposure with a distinct pale pink brown sapwood. |
