Zebrawood African Wood Veneer Information

Zebrawood, Zebrano, Amouk or stinky wood is found in Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. This species is quite often very hard to get to and the trees are very large. To make things even more difficult it really only looks good when quarter cut, so it takes longer to produce once the logs make it to the mill. Zebrawood trees often suffer damage in the form of internal fractures which remain hidden until logs are processed. The evidence to this phenomena is very easy to spot in both veneer and lumber because the wood looks like it has a rip in it, and in reality, it does. A bright side to Zebrawood is that from what I have read there is little or no threat to its existance. I do not know what everyone else thinks but I think it smells like donkey poop! We always seem to have some Zebrawood. Just when it appears that we may never make anything with Zebrawood again, someone calls and asks for several panels.

Quarter Cut Zebrawood	Qtrd Zebrano Close-up
Quarter Cut Zebrawood