Caribbean Walnut

Technical species specifications for Caribbean Walnut Hardwood Flooring from Fantastic Floor – Discount Exotic and Domestic Hardwood Flooring, Prefinished Solid Flooring, Unfinished Solid Flooring and Engineered Flooring.

Description

Caribbean Walnut is a variegated medium to dark brown wood, which can have reddish to purplish highlights. It is a species whose beauty is best seen when viewing an expanse of the wood installed rather than just a few samples.

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Scientific Name, Other Names:

Tzalam, Sabicu, False Tamarind

About:

Although marketed as Caribbean Walnut, it bears little relation to the true walnuts in the Juglans genus and can cloesly resemble Koa.

Applications:

Flooring, exterior furniture, interior trim, veneer, turned objects, and other small specialty wood items.

Janka Hardness:

1,400 pounds

Strength (MOR):

12,800 psi

Stiffness (MOE):

1,900 1000 psi

Density (KG/m3):

780

Tangential Shrinkage:

7.2 %

Radial Shrinkage:

2.7 %

Family:

Lysiloma bahamense

Tree Characteristics:

50-65 ft tall, 2-3 ft trunk diameter

Geographic Area:

Mexico and Central America

Color:

Caribbean Walnut exhibits a large degree of color variability which becomes less prominent over time. The hearwood is light to medium brown, sometimes with a reddish or purplish hue. Darker brown streaks are common. Thin sapwood is a pale, grayish white.

Photosensitivity:

Caribbean Walnut will exhibit a considerable degree of color change over time. From fresh milled, when the specie exhibits a wide range of tones, it will quickly mute down to a more narrow range of medium brown tones which then continue to darken over time.

Luster:

Medium luster

Grain:

Straight grain

Texture:

Open, uniform texture

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Working Characteristics:

Overall working properties are good although may blunt tool edges faster than usual. Turns, glues, and finishes well. Able to take a high natural polish.

Durability Rating:

Very durable and resistant to most insect attacks.