| Characteristics: | Wood that is accentuated by beautifully constant and numerous healthy knots. The sapwood and the heartwood are not distinguishable. The wood is light yellowish brown, often also whitish, rather resinous and without a special design. It has a light natural shine. The annual rings are strongly marked by the difference between the lighter spring- and darker summer wood. The direction of grain is very straight, the texture medium-coarse to fine and constant. The wood has no specific taste and smell. |