Yet another wood ID... what jolly fun!

[isaac3d2]

I picked up some sticks of reclaimed timber which had obviously been used for an external structure, perhaps a gazebo. The timber has obviously seen many years of service outside but has not rotted. I planed it up a bit and it looks like it might be rather nice. It is reddish with pale sapwood. I doesn't look like sapele. It planes easily and gives a nice smooth finish. There is no distinct smell on planing the surface, but that might be due to years of weathering, or my poor sense of smell . Could it be a mahogany substitute of some description?
This is what it looks like unplaned:

Then after a few surface shavings:

I have 9 approx 1100mm x 100mm x 43mm sticks. So I should be able to make something from them.

 

[alex robinson]

The relatively visible texture and pale sapwood makes me wonder about eucalyptus?

 

[Stigmorgan]

Iroko?

 

[isaac3d2]

Hi Alex, thanks for your reply. I have cut quite a bit of eucalyptus and never seen any this red. In my experience eucalyptus is much paler. However, having said that I do recall reading about Red River Gum timber which is a very red eucalypt species, so maybe you are right.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Some form of African mahogany I'd think. Many of them used to be commonly used as building materials.

 

[Amplidyne]

Some form of African mahogany I'd think. Many of them used to be commonly used as building materials.

What I thought as well. One of the mahogany types. Could be anything, looks very like some Keruing I had ages back.