Pau Rosa Wood Origin:

Pau Rosa is grown in Eastern and Central Africa. It is also seen in Tanzania.

Rosa Pau Wood Workability:

Generally easy to work despite its density, though cutting resistance can be high, and the wood has a tendency to burn while being drilled. Planes fairly well despite having interlocked grain (typically only slightly interlocked). Turns, glues, and finishes well.

Pau Rosa Wood Uses:

Veneer, carvings, furniture, turned objects, other small, specialty wood items.

Heartwood tends to vary in color from a pink or yellow to a darker reddish brown, with darker brown streaks common. White to pale yellow sapwood clearly demarcated from heartwood. Color tends to darken with age. Bobgunnia madagascariensis tends to be more on the reddish or orangish side, while B. fistuloides tends to be a more subdued brown.

1440 (Hard)

Rated as very durable regarding decay resistance and is also resistant to insect attack. Pau Rosa has good weathering characteristics in outdoor applications.