Creamy in color with a slight pink tinge, this African hardwood has been a popular choice for highend furniture, decorative veneer and architectural uses. Other uses for Anigre include: cabinetry, high-class joinery and light construction. It is also used for general carpentry and furniture components.

The wood has a natural luster and a natural cedar-like scent. It also has a slight silica content that accounts for its blunting of hand and machine tools. The heartwood is a yellow white, pale tan or pink brown. The wood darkens in color after exposure. The heartwood is not clearly differentiated from the sapwood. Anigre's texture varies from medium to coarse. It most often has a straight grain, but the grain can also appear to be wavy.

Figured Anigre ranges from a fiddleback to a broader fiddleback or curly figure and also a block mottled look. There is also plain Anigre. The method of cutting will alter the finished look. Quartered Anigre can sometimes give a growth-ring look to the cut. Anigre's texture is medium to coarse in lighter grades, but fine textured in heavier grades.

Seasoning Anigre is usually not a problem because the wood dries well without any degrade. Anigre presents no unusual problems when working, except that some of the Aningeria species have higher amounts of silica which can cause some blunting of cutting edges.

Anigre is not the most durable of woods. It is perishable and susceptible to attack by termites and fungi, which will decay the wood. Without proper care, Anigre is liable to stain blue. It can be treated with preservatives, because it has a permeable heartwood.

Aningeria is most commonly called Anigre or anegre. Other names include: agnegre, aninguerie, aniegre, landosan, mukali, kali, osan, mutoke, mukangu, muna as well as Tasmanian walnut.

Moderate to severe blunting on tools caused by the wood's silica content. Adequate support is needed to prevent chip outs. Properties for nailing, screwing, gluing and finishing are considered good. Anigre wood is naturally lustrous and polishes beautifully.