Unit
Name
• Scientific: Entadrophagma utile Sprague
• Spanish: Sipo. Seated. Abebay
Origin

Description of the wood
• Sapwood: Pinkish-white.
• Heartwood: Reddish-brown with a slightly purplish tinge.
• Grain: Straight, often slightly interlocked.
• Texture: Fine to medium.
Impregnation
• Sapwood: Moderately impregnable
• Heartwood: Not impregnable
Mechanization
• Sawing: No problems.
• Drying: Medium to fast speed. Minor risk of warping and cracking.
• Planing: No problems except for the slight shedding caused by pieces with interlocked grain.
• Gluing: No difficulties.
• Nailing and screwing: No difficulties.
• Finishing: No difficulties.
Applications
• Fine interior and exterior furniture and joinery.
Turned furniture.
• Interior carpentry: doors, paneling, moldings, baseboards, friezes.
• Exterior carpentry: doors and windows.
• Decorative veneers.
Mechanical properties
• Static bending strength: 1,150 kg/cm²
• Modulus of elasticity: 110,000 kg/cm²
• Compressive strength (parallel): 550 kg/cm²
• Tensile strength (parallel): 1,050 kg/cm²
To be considered
- The name Utile is no longer used, but in some areas of Spain it was called Abebay