Movingui Turning Blanks & Pen Blanks

Movingui Distemonanthus benthamianus

Movingui is golden yellow to bright yellow. The wood is medium to fine texture with a slightly interlocked grain that produces ribbon and beeswing figure in the quarter sawn surfaces. Movingui works fairly readily with machine and hand tools. Takes a good finish, good gluing properties, easy to peel into veneer and moderately good steam-bending properties.

Typical Uses: Veneer, flooring, furniture, billiard cues

Source Region: Africa; Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone.