the Botanical name - Acanthopanax ricinifolius.
Grows in Japan, Korea and some regions of China, but qualitative wood is exported to Europe exclusively from Japan. The best wood - from island Hokkaido (Northern Japan).
Wood has colour from homogeneously white to zheltovato-brown, often there are the dark stains disseminated on a surface. Svejesrublennaya wood has a sharp, unpleasant smell.
This rather firm wood can easily be processed by any ways and tools. Sen rather quickly dries. But nevertheless that to minimise internal intensity, the slow mode of drying is recommended. Sen it is seldom used for the decorative purposes. In Japan, however, sen consider as universal wood and use almost for all purposes
Volume weight in an air-dry condition: about 800 kg/cubic metres