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Bubinga (Guibourtia demeusei) is the equatorial African giant, growing in
swamps and along steamy jungle waterways of Cameroon, Zaire and Gabon
to a towering height of 150 ft. Trees yield defect-free logs that are up to 70
ft long and 6 ft in diamater, weighing 10 tons! Consequently, loggers must
often wait until seasonal rains flood the area so the wood can be floated to
ports.
Bubinga has delicate veins of dark red on a rose colored background.
This is in stark contrast to its dull gray sapwood. In the 1700's the French,
mistaking it for a rosewood, named it bois de roe d'Afrique (African
Rosewood). The wood used for this bottle stopper was rotary cut, in which
the growth rings were peeled away from the tree. Bubinga cut in this
manner is called Pomelle bubinga and has a distinct swirling figure. Although
pomelle bubinga is known as kevazingo in its homeland, designers call it
waterfall bubinga as the ripples resemble a puddle during a light rain.
swamps and along steamy jungle waterways of Cameroon, Zaire and Gabon
to a towering height of 150 ft. Trees yield defect-free logs that are up to 70
ft long and 6 ft in diamater, weighing 10 tons! Consequently, loggers must
often wait until seasonal rains flood the area so the wood can be floated to
ports.
Bubinga has delicate veins of dark red on a rose colored background.
This is in stark contrast to its dull gray sapwood. In the 1700's the French,
mistaking it for a rosewood, named it bois de roe d'Afrique (African
Rosewood). The wood used for this bottle stopper was rotary cut, in which
the growth rings were peeled away from the tree. Bubinga cut in this
manner is called Pomelle bubinga and has a distinct swirling figure. Although
pomelle bubinga is known as kevazingo in its homeland, designers call it
waterfall bubinga as the ripples resemble a puddle during a light rain.
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