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Jatoba
Jatoba
Janka Hardness - 3290
Common Name: Courbaril, Algarrobo
Botanical Name: H. courbaril L.
Origin: Brazil
Tree Height (m): 30 to 50
Tree Diameter (cm): 60 to 120
Natural Color: Red-brown
Grain Pattern: Broad and crossed
Resistance: Very good
Workability: Medium
Other Usages: Construction, arts and crafts, yachts, furniture,
carts, tools
Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril) is a South American tree, also known as
Brazilian cherry, the copal, red locus, locust, copinol, stinking
tree, kawanari, guapinol, algarrobo, and rode locus. It is
classified in the genus Hymenaea.
atobá has a nice dark red-brown color, and cost from $3.4 to $6 per
BF. It is a heavy dense and hard to cut wood that creates an
odorless but aggressive to the lungs dust. The wood is oily and
finishes very well.
Creates beautiful small boxes (usually used with contrasting woods
or inlays) and is also a great flooring wood due to its density,
strength and oiliness which gives great protection.
Brazilian cherry is a very beautiful reddish brown wood, with an
interlocking grain and a golden luster or glow beneath. It is a
hard, heavy and very strong wood. Brazilian cherry steam-bends well,
and glues well, although nailing may require pre-drilling. This
species is on of the most popular imported species given its
inherent beauty, rich coloring and superior hardness.
Common Name: Jatoba
Country of Origin: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname,
Nicaragua, Mexico, Guatemala, and the Caribbean
Color Range: Brazilian Cherry varies from yellowish hues to
pink/reds to dark reds with black striping. Quartered selection
yields the most uniform look/color range.
Color Change: Like domestic cherry, Brazilian Cherry will change
dramatically over time from the yellow/tan/salmon color when freshly
milled into a deep rich reddish color. In direct sunlight, the color
change will occur within a few days. Out of sunlight, it will
oxidize slowly over six months. Water based finishes tend to retard
the color change while oil based finishes enhance the change.
Botanical name: Hymenaea, courbaril
Other Names: Courbaril, Guapinol
Hardness: 2820 as compared to: Red oak- 1260 & N maple- 1450
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