Exotic Brazilian Wood Products
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Botanic Name: Melanoxylon brauna 50 to 82 feet high tree found in the Amazon region and the Southeast of Brazil. Wood usage: construction, flooring, musical instruments, external finishing, tool handles, doweling, etc. Color Shade: dark Texture: medium Grain: straight Density kg/m³: very heavy 1100 Janka Hardness: Pounds (kgf): --- Durability: very resistant Preservation: moderately easy |
*Janka Hardness is the measure resulting from the pressure over a metal sphere of 0,444 inches in diameter so that it sinks up to half its diameter in the wood. It is thus a measure of the wood's resistance.