Sapele

Common Names: Sapele, sapelli, sapeli mahogany

Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum

Location: Tropical Africa

Sapele heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown and the color tends to darken with age. Sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback.