Sapele is a commonly exported and economically important African wood species. Sapele wood has a golden to dark reddish-brown in color which tends to darken with age; has a common ribbon pattern seen on quartersawn boards, Sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback. Sapele’s grain is interlocked, and sometimes wavy; Fine uniform texture and good natural luster.