No distinctive odor.

The sapwood is whitish yellow and the heartwood is a uniform brown to reddish brown with a very distinct demarcation between both layers.

Medium shine.

Fine to medium texture.

Mild to prominent streaks.

It is extremely heavy wood.

Mechanical resistance is ranked as high to very high.

Grain is straight to interlocked.

The wood has a high silica content and is difficult to work with manually and for machining it is necessary to utilize stellite or tungsten-carbide tools and adequate sawing techniques.

The wood is reported to be highly resistant to both fungi and insect attack.