Ideal Wood Engineered Hardwood: Ideal Classic Collection - Sapele, Tropical ClassicSapele Tropical Classic is for the person who wants a floor that actually looks like something. The Tropical Classic tone in Ideal Wood's Classic Collection plays up the warm reddish brown that makes sapele famous rich, consistent, and full of depth that oak simply can't match. African Sapele species Janka hardness ~1410 lbf, naturally more resistant to surface dents than red oak, with a distinctive interlocked grain that creates a ribbon stripe