Brazilian Mahogany Veneer
Brazilian
Mahogany is also called Caoba and Acajou, and is found in Southern Mexico southward
to Colombia, Venezuela, and parts of the upper Amazon and its tributaries in Peru,
Bolivia, and Brazil. Plantations have been established within its natural range
and elsewhere.
The sapwood is yellowish or whitish and distinct from the heartwood, which can be reddish, pinkish, salmon coloured, or yellowish when fresh, deepening with age to deep rich red or brown
The grain is straight to roey, wavy, or curly, often with an attractive figure, such as; fiddleback, blister, stripe or roe, and mottle, and texture is rather fine to coarse and uniform. The lustre is high and golden and there is no distinctive odour.
