Product Description

Bubinga wood is commonly used in fine furniture and cabinetwork, decorative veneers, fancy turnery, inlay work, joinery, flooring, and decorative panelling. It is valued because of its strength to weight ratio, it beautiful figuring, and its close resemblance to rosewood.  Because of its availability of wide widths and long lengths, Bubinga is used for solid countertops, and tabletops.  Since it comes from large logs, it is not unusual to see perfectly Quarter-sawn boards wider than 15.

Bubinga is easy to work overall, though some species can have silica present, which can dull cutting edges. The wood has figuring or interlocking grain have been known to have tearout occur during planing. Gluing can occasionally be problematic due to the woods high density and natural oils. The wood turns and finishes well
 

Bubinga is often referred to as African Rosewood because of its resemblance to Honduras Rosewood.  However, unlike Honduras Rosewood, which tends to be narrow and shot, it has wide widths (often averaging 10 or better), and long lengths (up to 20, usually averaging 12 or better). It sells for about 60% of the price of Honduran Rosewood.  Bubinga Heartwood is a pink, vivid red, or red brown with purple streaks or veins, on exposure becomes yellow or medium brown with a reddish tint, veining becomes less conspicuous; sapwood whitish and clearly demarcated.