Heartwood color ranges from a medium orange to a darker reddish brown; sometimes with darker black streaks. Yellow sapwood is clearly demarcated from heartwood. Color tends to darken with age, though it tends to maintain its color better than other colorful exotic woods. Grain is usually straight or slightly interlocked. Medium-fine texture and a good natural luster. Furniture, flooring, musical instruments (percussion), turned objects, and other small specialty wood items. Burmese Rosewood is one of the lesser-known rosewoods, though it’s a well-known tonewood within its natural range. The wood is used for the bars of the ranad ek, a traditional Thai xylophone.
