Where we build - Central America - it's a local wood. Very unusual - very lovely. Here are photos of a Tenor Guitar and Tenor Ukulele back. You can see the color varies from golden to copper.
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As far as sound, the rosewood reference is pretty good. The sound is dark - bass is strong. As opposed to Rosewood, Bocote doesn't have the reverb quality - on the other hand - that dark bass is clearer than a rosewood.
The Kala Bocote is laminated. You won't get a clue there as to what it would be in a solid.