Marblewood

(Diospyros marmorata)

Southeast Asia

The growth range of the species to grow in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of Southeast Asia. Marblewood is variegated black and brown timber is actually part of the Ebony family of woods. Ebonies are generally thought of as black timbers. In reality some of the species have only a tiny pencil sized black zone and some of them are white, cream or yellow all through.

Marblewood is commonly referred to as Andaman Marblewood.

This hardwood is a fine and evenly textured straight grain with an attractive figuring of dark or black bands on a grey brown or light grey background. As a result Marblewood is considered a very distinctive, rare, and expensive wood.