Characteristics: Kiaat is an exotic hardwood with golden-brown to chocolate-brown to nut-brown color. The sapwood is a whitish-yellow color. The grain is rarely straight, mostly irregularly interlocked, with medium texture. Also called Muninga, the wood is anatomically similar to all African Padauk varieties. The wood seems to be very stable.

Common Uses: Furniture - high class joinery - flooring. Selected logs are sliced for architectural veneers. Kiaat is also well known for it’s excellent turning abilities.

Working Properties: Works very well with hand and machine tools. The wood glues well and can be polished to a good finish. Turns and carves nice.

Common Name: Kiaat

Tree is Native To: Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Botanical Classification: Pterocarpus argolensis

Family: Leguminosae

Average Dried Weight: 34 lb/ft.

Average Specific Gravity: .62