The color of the heartwood is bright brick red or dark red to brown-red, which stands out sharply against the yellowish-white to light yellow-brown sapwood. Light-colored bands of parenchymal tissue give andira a very striking appearance.

The heartwood is golden, rust or purple brown in color with usually a brown-red glow. It stands out clearly from the 30-60 mm wide sapwood, which is light gray in color when fresh and turns light red-brown in color after exposure to daylight. Especially on the quarter-length surface, the wood often shows a stripe pattern, while on plain sawn wood a fairly clear flame pattern is usually visible, caused by parenchymal bands. Smoothly planed and possibly sanded, basralocus naturally has a fairly high gloss. Stacking of the rays on the tangential plane is often clearly visible. The heartwood is very durable and is therefore very resistant to fungus and insect attack. Due to the combination of ingredients and the presence of microscopic pebble bodies in the wood (0.5-2. 5%) Basralocus is usually (depending on the gravel content, which is usually high enough) resistant to shipworm attack in a temperate climate. This is gratefully used in hydraulic engineering, especially in seawater. The dark types of basralocus generally contain more gravel in the tissue. Basralocus is resistant to acid attack.

The heartwood is light to dark olive green, sometimes marked with brown or black stripes. These color differences can occur in one trunk, which sometimes gives Demerara greenheart a colorful appearance. The sapwood is light yellow or greenish, usually 30-60 mm wide and has no sharp transition to the heartwood. Demerara green heart is a type of wood with exceptionally good strength properties.

Djindja Udu is a tree with a height of about 20-25 meters. The straight branch-free trunk is 18-21 meters long with a diameter of 60-80 cm. Fresh, the wood is yellow-brown to golden brown sometimes with a gray or olive hue. There is no obvious transition to the lighter yellowish sapwood and the wood (especially dry) has no distinctive smell or taste.

Groenhart from Suriname is described below. The other Tabebuia species are somewhat lighter in weight, but are visually and anatomically indistinguishable from Surinamese greenheart. Most strength properties of the other Tabebuia species (with a lower bulk density) are lower. The greenish-brown to greenish-yellow-brown heartwood is clearly distinguishable from the yellowish-gray 40-80 mm wide sapwood. The core often shows light to dark areas, which can make it appear somewhat striped. Even if there is a crosshair, a decorative fine line drawing may appear due to the light. Ipé has a fairly even structure without any pronounced pattern. The wood contains the substance lapachol, which is visible as (green) yellow stripes on the longitudinal surface. Lapachol turns red in contact with ammonia, making it possible to distinguish ipé (Surinamese green heart) from, for example, demerara green heart. The wood is very hard and strong, difficult to split and very elastic.

When fresh, the wood is flesh-colored, darkening to grayish red-brown, dark red-brown or sometimes purple-brown. The heartwood is clearly distinguishable from the 30-50 mm wide white to light brown sapwood. Without a noticeable odor or taste.

The heartwood is brown-red when fresh, darkening to dark red-brown with characteristic sticky oily streaks. The 30-40 mm wide sapwood is dirty white to light yellow-brown and clearly distinguishable from the heartwood. The appearance of walaba is strongly influenced by the high content of coloring and tanning agents (up to approximately 30% of the dry weight). Excretions from this cause dark streaks and spots on the longitudinal surface and make the wood feel greasy or sticky, causing the surface to quickly become dirty. On the end surface of a sawn-through post, this substance is seen as dark concentric rings. In Guyana there are pipeline masts without any damage, which have been in service for more than 30 years, and that means something in tropical conditions.

When freshly sawn, the heartwood has a salmon-colored hue that turns light reddish-brown to sometimes slightly yellowish-reddish brown during drying, with a moderate to distinct goldish sheen. The 20-50 mm wide sapwood has a yellowish white to dirty yellow or gray brown color that is clearly different from the heartwood. Due to cross-hairs, the wood can show a slight stripe figuration, making it somewhat resemble mahogany. Freshly sawn wet wane emits a pungent odor that disappears after drying. The wood tissue of wane is saturated with a waxy substance, which makes it difficult for the wood to absorb or release moisture.