Species: Noce delle Ande / Andean Walnut
Botanical name: Juglans neotropica
Geographic origin: South America
Texture: Average
Fibre: Not always straight
Mass volume: at 12% humidity: 550 - 800 Kg/m3
Shrinkage: High
Nervosity: 0,39
Dimensional stability: Average
Suitability for use in bathrooms and on heated screed: Not recommended
Brinell hardness test: Average - high
Durability (resistance to fungi and insects): Heartwood good. Sapwood poor.
Oxidisation: Low
Varnishing Presents some problems