IPE, Brazilian Walnut

Description: Heartwood can vary in color from reddish brown to a more yellowish olive brown or darker blackish brown; sometimes with contrasting darker brown/black stripes. Much of what I have seen looks similar to a teak wood. Ipe can be difficult to distinguish visually from Cumaru, another dense South American timber.

Ipé wood comes in good long lengths with limited warp. Superb weathering characteristics. (Ipe was used for the boardwalk along the beach of New York City’s Coney Island, and was said to have lasted 25 years before it needed to be replaced: an amazing lifespan given the amount of traffic and environmental stresses put upon the wood.)

Products Available: AD / KD Sawn Timber - Decking

Applications: Decking, exterior lumber, veneer, tool handles, and other turned objects. industrial and parquet flooring, cabinets, sleepers, stairs, furniture, naval construction, hydraulic works, interior and exterior joinery.