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● Q5: What are the main application fields of SAPELLI wood?
The following Q&A is compiled by Hong Kong Senheda Wood Company., a professional supplier of African timber, to comprehensively interpret SAPELLI wood from professional perspectives such as wood properties, application scenarios, and supply advantages, aiming to provide accurate and in-depth reference for customers.
A1: SAPELLI wood, scientifically named Entandrophragma cylindricum, belongs to the Meliaceae family and the Entandrophragma genus. It is a typical high-quality hardwood native to the tropical rainforests of Central and West Africa, with its main producing areas including Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo—regions with abundant rainfall and suitable temperature, which endow SAPELLI with excellent material properties. In commercial circulation, it is also commonly known as "Sapele Mahogany" or "Aboudikro" due to its similar texture and application fields to mahogany. Hong Kong Senheda Wood Company has established long-term cooperative relationships with legally certified forestry bases in these core producing areas to ensure the traceability of raw material sources.
A2: The commercial value of SAPELLI wood is largely supported by its outstanding intrinsic properties. In terms of physical properties, its air-dry density is between 0.64-0.72 g/cm³, which is moderate in weight, making it easy to process while maintaining good structural stability. The wood has a low shrinkage rate (radial shrinkage 2.5%-3.0%, tangential shrinkage 4.8%-5.5%), and is not prone to warping, cracking or deformation after drying treatment, which is a key advantage for long-term use in different environments. In terms of mechanical properties, it has high compressive strength (parallel to grain ≥ 55 MPa) and bending strength (≥ 100 MPa), with excellent toughness and impact resistance, which can withstand certain mechanical loads. In addition, SAPELLI wood has natural resistance to termites and fungal erosion, reducing the need for additional chemical anti-corrosion treatment and conforming to the concept of green environmental protection.
A3: SAPELLI wood has extremely high decorative value due to its unique appearance. Its heartwood is light reddish brown to deep reddish brown, with obvious dark brown or black strip-like stripes, forming a natural and elegant texture pattern. The wood grain is usually straight, sometimes with wavy or curly grain, and the surface presents a beautiful silk luster after polishing, which is soft and not dazzling. These appearance characteristics make SAPELLI wood highly recognizable—compared with other African hardwoods, its color is more stable and not easy to fade under sunlight, and the stripe texture can add a sense of hierarchy and natural beauty to the finished product. In the decorative field, this kind of appearance advantage makes it widely used in high-end furniture surface, interior wall decoration panels, door leaves and floor inlays. Hong Kong Senheda can provide SAPELLI wood products with different texture orientations according to customer needs, and ensure the consistency of color in the same batch of orders through strict sorting.
A4: SAPELLI wood has good overall processing performance, which is favored by processing enterprises. It has smooth cutting surface when processed by circular saw or band saw, and is not easy to produce wool or crack; it has good performance in planing, milling and routing, and can process delicate edges and complex patterns. In terms of connection, it has strong grip force on nails and screws, and the bonding effect is firm after matching with professional wood glue. However, it should be noted that when the wood has curly grain or interlocked grain, the cutting speed should be appropriately reduced to avoid surface tearing; in the drying process, it is necessary to adopt the gradient drying process (the initial temperature is 40-45℃, and the final temperature is 70-75℃) to prevent internal stress accumulation. Hong Kong Senheda provides pre-dried SAPELLI wood (moisture content 8%-12%, in line with indoor use standards) to help customers reduce processing risks and improve production efficiency.
A5: Relying on its comprehensive properties, SAPELLI wood has a wide range of application scenarios, mainly covering four major fields: 1) High-end furniture: used in the production of solid wood sofas, dining tables, bookcases and other high-end furniture, especially favored by European and American high-end furniture brands; 2) Interior decoration: applied to hotel lobby decoration panels, villa background walls, high-end office building partition screens, etc.; 3) Musical instruments: due to its good acoustic resonance performance, it is used in the production of guitar backs, piano side panels and other musical instrument parts; 4) Shipbuilding and outdoor decoration: after special surface treatment, it can be used in yacht interior decoration and high-end outdoor garden furniture.
A6: Hong Kong Senheda has accumulated more than 15 years of experience in the African timber supply chain, and has three core advantages in SAPELLI wood supply: 1) Source control: Cooperate with legally qualified forestry enterprises in African producing areas, and implement the "log source code tracking system" to ensure that all SAPELLI wood complies with international forest sustainable development standards and import and export regulations; 2) Quality assurance: Set up a professional quality inspection team in the African producing areas, conduct sampling inspection on wood density, moisture content, texture defects and other indicators, and issue a quality inspection report for each batch of goods; 3) Customized service: Provide services such as fixed-length cutting according to customer needs, and ensure that the goods are delivered on time through efficient global logistics arrangements. In addition, we have a professional technical team that can provide customers with technical guidance on SAPELLI wood processing and application, helping customers solve practical problems in the production process.
A7: In recent years, affected by the tightening of African forestry management policies and the increase in global demand for high-quality hardwood, the market supply of SAPELLI wood has remained stable but the cost has increased moderately, and the market price has shown a "steady and slight increase" trend—compared with 2023, the price of first-grade SAPELLI wood in 2024 has increased by about 8%-12%, mainly due to the improvement of environmental protection investment in producing areas and the increase in logistics costs. Facing this situation, Hong Kong Senheda helps customers respond through two measures: on the one hand, sign long-term supply contracts with customers to lock in the core price, avoiding the impact of short-term price fluctuations; on the other hand, optimize the supply chain structure, reduce intermediate links, and maximize the cost advantage for customers. At the same time, we will regularly provide customers with market analysis reports to help customers make reasonable procurement plans.
HONG KONG SENHEDA WOOD LIMITED,we have been focusing on African wood business for 16 years ,Our variety include OKOUME, IROKO, SAPPELLY,ZEBRA, TALI, PADOUK, BOSSE, AZOBE, EYOUM,DABEMA, AFROMOSIA, TIAMA, OVANGOL, WENGE, KOSIPO, BILLINGA,TEAK,OKAN,etc.
SAPELLI AD/KD lumbers
Thickness: 25mm/50mm
Width: random width
Length: 2400 CM up
Quality: FAS
Origin: DRC/CONGO/CAMEROOM
Quantity: 1000 m3 can be ordered
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