Technical specie specifications for Santos Mahogany from Fantastic Floor - Discount Exotic and Domestic Hardwood Flooring, Prefinished Solid Flooring, Unfinished Solid Flooring and Engineered Flooring.

Santos Mahogany Hardwood Flooring

  • Scientific Name, Other Names: Myroxylon balsamum, Cabreuva, Balsamito, Cabore, Caboriba, Bosnian Pine, Incensio Colorado, Quina, Tache
  • Description: antos Mahogany flooring is one of the most coveted exotic hardwoods in the world. Santos Mahogany hardwood has beautiful reddish brown to deep red color that remains constant over time, and its tight grain serves as an exquisite accompaniment to the rich colors with its fine, distinctive strokes. Like many Brazilian exotics, Santos Mahogany wood offers not only a beautiful visual appearance but astounding durability as well. With a Janka rating of 2,200, Santos Mahogany floors are 18% harder than Hickory floors, the hardest of North American hardwoods. For longevity and amazing looks, a Santos Mahogany floor is tough to beat.
  • Janka Hardness: 2,200 pounds
  • Strength (MOR): 25,400 psi
  • Stiffness (MOE): 2,060 1000 psi
  • Density (KG/m3): 900
  • Tangential Shrinkage: 6.5 %
  • Radial Shrinkage: 4.2 %
  • About: Our Santos Mahogany hardwood flooring is available exclusively in the unfinished format. All boards are 3/4" thick with 3", 4", and 5" widths available all with random lengths between 1' and 7'. Our unfinished Santos Mahogonay comes exclusively in clear grade.
  • Family: Leguminosae
  • Tree Characteristics: The Santos Mahogany tree can grow up to 100 feet in height, though usually averages 50-67 feet. It's diameter is 18 - 36 inches in diameter.
  • Geographic Area: From southern Mexico down through Central America and into Argentina.
  • Color: Reddish-brown heartwood that becomes dark red, sometimes with accompanying purple tones. White sapwood.
  • Photosensitivity: Mostly unaffected by light exposure.
  • Luster: Medium to high
  • Grain: Interlocked
  • Texture: Medium
  • Drying Characteristics: Low shrinkage rate when drying.
  • Working Characteristics: Rated as moderately difficult to work with, finishes smoothly.
  • Durability Rating: Rated as highly resistant to decay and fungi.
  • Applications: Flooring, furniture, railroad crossties, turnery, interior trim.

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