This hard wood was used to make doors. The frame of the the door is so heavy compared to other popular woods. I had 2 doors sitting in storage for 10 years antoday decided to install as our office main entrance.

As a Brazilian lover of Imbuia wood, I don’t recommend any oil based finishes for Imbuia (such as stain for example), unless indoor pieces with contact with food (cheese table for example sealed with tung oil or linseed). I recently finished a round table for our patio and the best finish found after many tries was a clearcoar of polyurethane automotive, catalised product. It did not look plastic, the wood shines through it and can withstand sun and rain.

Both my father and grandfather used it to make hi fi cabinets and loudspeaker enclosures where it was favoured for its colour, denisty and even grain.
I still have two planks that were left over from their projects. One is stamped ‘KM Brasil’.

Imbuia imported from Brazil was a popular furniture timber in South Africa from the 1950s to 1980s. I have several inherited items as well as a turned bowl and a telephone table I made as school woodwork projects in 1972. Currently making imbuia picture frames from my grandfather’s huge speaker cabinet!

Yes It is. My Mom was from Durban, and I have my Moms Imbuia Kist (she will have called it) she must have received in gosh around 1950 . She passed away last year and I’m so sorry I didn’t get more details. It left Durban with me 17 years ago and was In New Zealand until 6 months ago where it now safely lives in Brisbane. I was looking for advice on how to restore it and came across this article.
Where are you now Juudy