Tatabu Wood

General Characteristics: When freshly cut the wood is dark chocolate brown, turning into a lighter brown upon drying. It is occasionally greyish brown with fine lighter parenchyma stripes which is sharply demarcated from the yellowish or whitish sapwood. The wood texture is coarse with the grain being slightly interlocked or slightly wavy. Luster is medium to high and is golden, often waxy without a distinctive odour or taste.