This hardwood mix contains mostly Red bushwillow with small amounts of Mopane. This wood is excellent for fireplaces and pizza ovens due to its slow burning abilities.

Rooibos/Red bushwillow – Combretum apiculatum
- Indigenous to Southern Africa.
- Found in the Savanna biome and Lowveld bioregion in the northeastern parts of South Africa.
- The Red Bushwillow is not under threat and is found in an area where the conservation status of the area is of least concern.
- The Red Bushwillow is a valuable source of food for browsing animals. The mature green leaves are eaten by bushbuck, giraffe, kudu, eland and elephant. Cattle likes to eat the leaves when they have fallen, especially when they are dry.
- The Red bushwillow is considered good for grazing by most farmers, but it needs careful management, by applying good harvest practices. After a tree has been cut down, the trunk of the tree coppice and regrow, making it sustainable to harvest.
- The wood is very hard and is resistant to both borers and termites. Other than the use of the wood for fantastic firewood and charcoal, it can be useful in many other ways such as the production of furniture, fencing poles and various medicinal uses. Bark is also used for tanning leather, which ensures that no part of the tree goes to waste.

Mopanie/Mopane - Colophospermum mopane
- Indigenous to South Africa
- Mopane trees are found in South Africa in the northeastern parts of Limpopo. It’s located in the Savanna biome and in the Mopane- and Lowveld bioregions.
- Mopane has a conservation status of least concern and is under no threat, it’s mostly found in areas that are classified as of least concern.
- The well-known Mopane worm, which is the large caterpillar of the Imbrasia belina emperor moth, the Gonometa moth and the caterpillar of the foxy charaxes butterfly, Charaxes jasius saturnus, feed on the Mopane tree. The leaves of Mopane trees are eaten by these dark greyish worms that are rich in protein and are eaten by people, either roasted or dried.
- Other than the use of Mopane wood for brilliant firewood, more traditional uses of the mopane tree include the making of house and kraal fences, chewing of twigs as tooth brushes, the use of bark to make twine and for tanning of leather, and the use of leaves for healing wounds. The hard, reddish timber was also used to make railway sleepers in the past and props for the mining sector.
- This is one South Africa's heaviest timbers and can be difficult to work with because of its hardness, but the hardness also makes it termite-resistant, which makes it a popular product for fence posts and flooring.