Kwila

A JSC Timber solid hardwood deck made from renewable natural resources is not only an architectural link between the landscape and the built environment; it adds value to your home and uses one of the world's truly renewable resources.

Kwila heartwood is yellow-brown to dark red-brown in colour. The grain is slightly interlocked and the texture is moderately coarse. Yellow deposits in the vessels are a common feature of the wood. It is nonsiliceous, sometimes lustrous. Timber ‘bleeds’ when wet producing dark red-brown stain.  

JSC Timber have an extensive range of standard and custom profiles along with many colour options that will ensure your Kwila project not only looks great but stands the test of time. 

• COMMON NAME: Kwila  
• OTHER NAMES: Merbau; U’ula; Vesi
• BOTANICAL NAME(S): Intsia Bijuga, Intsia Palembanica 
• COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Papua New Guinea
• WOOD TYPE: Heartwood  
• TIMBER COLOUR: Heartwood has a distinct golden fleck.  Sap is bright white/yellow.  With prolonged weathering the surface of the timber becomes an attractive silver grey as do most unfinished timber when exposed to the weather.  Sap is bright white/yellow and easily distinguishable from heart.
• GRAIN: Grain may be straight or slightly interlocked and sometimes wavy, texture is moderately coarse but even
• TYPICAL USES: Heavy and light structural, flooring, indoor and outdoor furniture, paneling, interior and exterior joinery, boat building, much used for exterior decking throughout New Zealand.