Colour      : Heartwood ranges from a deep, dark brown to a purplish black.

Sapwood is nearly white to tan.

Difference between heartwood and sapwood colour is great; some flooring manufacturers steam lumber to bleed

the darker

heartwood colour into the sapwood, resulting in a more uniform colour.

Grain        : Mostly straight and open, but some boards have curled or curly grain. Arrangement of pores Is similar to hickories and

persimmon, but pores are smaller in size.

Hardness : 1010 (1% harder than Burmese teak)
Origin       : North America