Regarding narra wood, the closer to the center one gets, the redder it gets and the further away from the center, the browner it gets.
Paduk wood, narra's African cousin, is totally red like the inside of the narra tree.
Narra is all over the Philippines/Indonesia/Malaysia, but it is a nearly endangered and is no longer shipped as easily as once before. Other groups may call it under different local names. Most Moro scabbards up to the early 20th century were made of this wood, and I have noticed that Indonesians and Malayians used this wood once as well.
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