Jatoba hardwood is suitable for flooring and furniture

Jatoba

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Jatoba Hardwood

Jatoba is a very hard type of wood from South America. This quality makes this hardwood very durable and therefore suitable for intensive use, for example for floors (indoors) or steps. We only supply FSC® certified Jatoba wood for sustainable forest management.

Durability class
Class 1.
Strength class
D40.
Applications

Due to its wear resistance, Jatoba wood is suitable for parquet, furniture, floors and facade cladding. In shipbuilding, this type of wood is frequently used for both interior and exterior panelling. Van den Berg Hardhout has supplied Jatoba wood for floor in homes, shops and showrooms.

Specific gravity
Fresh 1000-1200 kg/m3. At 12% moisture level 750-850 kg/m3.
Colour
Jatoba wood is reddish brown-dark yellow in colour. The broad alburnum (sapwood) is gray to brown-grey.
Details
The heartwood is very difficult to penetrate due to its hardness.
Grain
Straight, sometimes irregular thread and light cross-thread.
Timber texture
The grain is fine to moderately coarse.
Drying
Jatoba wood dries slowly, with little distortion and surface cracks.
Hardness
10400-14600 N Janka.
Workability
The wood of Jatoba is fairly easy to work with and easy to finish nicely.
Screwing/nailing
Pre-drilling is necessary with Jatoba wood.
Finishing of surface
Good with a solvent-containing agent. When using a water-based agent, a sealer is desirable to prevent channelling of finishing agent.
Other names
Locus, Rode locus, Jutai, Courbaril, Brazilian Cherry.
Stability
Average.
Family
Leguminosae
Remarks
Interested in buying Jatoba hardwood? For the current price of Jatoba, we ask you to contact us. We only supply FSC® certified Jatoba for responsible forest management.
Origin area
South America.
Forestlines®

Jatoba is available in Forestlines® for cladding

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