"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message ...
"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message
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"African mahogany", (aka 'meranti', and other similar species)
typically,
a light, almost golden, brown. this is _much_ lighter (mass-wise)
than the other 'mahogany' woods. Like only 2/3 to 1/2 the weight,
per unit volume.

Is meranti the same as sapele?

African 'mahoganies' used for marine plywood are usually Okoume
or Sapele. Okoume does NOT have the rot resistance of mahogany.
Dunno about Sapele but probably it does not either. Marine plywood
is not rot-resistant, though it is supposed to use a fungus-resistant
glue.

There are at least three genera of meranti, and I thought that
'Phillipine' Mahogany, not African, was of those merantis.

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