Azobé

The heartwood is fresh reddish brown and turns from dark red to chocolate brown, or sometimes to violetish dark reddish brown. The structure of Azobé is generally quite regular. Fresh Azobé often has an 80-120 mm wide ring of lighter colored transition wood between the heartwood and sapwood. The sapwood up to 50 mm wide is sharply marked and has a clearly lighter color than the heartwood.