Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood.
Heartwood light reddish brown, sapwood nearly white, close-grained, compact structure, satiny.
Structural Qualities of Wood.
Heavy, very strong, and hard, tough, susceptible of high polish. Qualities suggest those of maple. Not durable when exposed.
Representative Uses of Wood.
Furniture, buttons, tassel-moulds, pill-boxes, spools, and wheel-hubs.
Weight of Seasoned Wood in Pounds per Cubic Foot.
40.
Modulus of Elasticity.
2,290,000.