Yellow Heart Wood

YELLOWHEART EXOTIC WOOD South American Satinwood Yellow colored heartwood Shop for Yellowheart Characteristics of Yellowheart Origin of Wood Type South America Botanical Name Euxylophora paraensis Specific Gravity 08 Avg.

Yellow heart wood. There is little differentiation between heartwood and sapwood or between spring and summer growth rings. The wood is also sometimes sold as Brazilian Satinwood though it is not to be considered a true satinwood. There is striping if one looks closely at the grain between the rings.

Heartwood color ranges from pale to golden yellow darkening slightly with age. Also Known as Yellow heart inexpensive wood that is used in segmented turnings and any other project requiring a hard and yellow wood. Harvesting Yellowheart has recently been restricted making it very difficult to source.

Pau Amarello trees are found almost exclusively in the State of Para Brazil. Yellow Heart heartwood is bright yellow in color throughout the wood. 44 occasionally 84 Relative Working Properties.

Lower Amazon Brazil BOTANICAL NAME. The color in the heartwood is a pronounced vivid yellow with creamy white sapwood. Yellowheart is a neo-satine wood whose color can range from pale yellow to bright yellow to varying shades of gold.

Yellowheart an exotic wood also called Pau Amarello can grow to more than 130 feet tall and 30 in diameter. It has a wonderful show of creamy white fragrant flowers. There has recently been an import ban placed on Yellowheart and it can no longer be imported into the US.

Machining Resistance toSplitting in Nailing Resistance toSplitting in Screwing Gluing Medium Medium Medium Medium Physical Properties. Sapwood is lighter and pale but not always easily discerned from pale-colored heartwood. It is considered to be a medium dense wood with a very tight linear grain and has a density of 54 lbsft3.