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| Name: | Exotic Walnut |
| Flooring Trade Name: | Exotic Walnut |
| Botanical Name: | Acacia melanoxylon |
| Lumber Name: | Australian Blackwood, Acacia |
| Grows In: | Eastern Australia from Queensland southward to Victoria and also in Tasmania. Introduced into East and South Africa, India, Ceylon, Chile, and Argentina. |
| Color Range: | Heartwood golden to dark brown, sometimes with a reddish tinge; dark streaks mark the growth zones; sharply demarcated from the straw- colored sapwood. Lustrous; texture fine to medium; grain usually straight, sometimes interlocked or wavy; without distinctive odor or taste.
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| Hardness: | Exotic Walnut has a Janka hardness rating of 1100 compared to 1260 for Red Oak. |
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Working Properties: The timber is easy to work with hand or machine tools; can be steam bent easily down to a 3-in. radius; glues and stains well and can be highly polished.
Durability: Durability of heartwood is reported as intermediate and is readily attacked by termites; sapwood is moderately susceptible to Lyctus attack.
Preservation: Heartwood is reported as not treatable using either open tank or pressure systems. Moderately heavy vessel penetration is obtained in the sapwood.
Uses: Fine furniture and cabinet wood, fancy veneers, interior joinery, bentwork, turnery, tight cooperage, gunstocks, musical instruments
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