Characteristics: This heartwood of this exotic and imported hardwood has various shades of rich, lustrous gray-red to deep red with golden luster and variegated yellow and red stripes. The sapwood is yellowish-white and sharply demarcated from the heartwood. Texture is fine to coarse and the grain is straight. Bloodwood is very hard, strong and heavy.

Common Uses: Furniture - veneers - turnery - cabinetry - marquetry and fancy boxes.

Working Properties: This wood is not hard to work as long as you use sharp tools. Pre-bore for fasteners. Glues, stains and polishes to a very good finish.

Common Name: Bloodwood (Satine)

Tree is Native To: Bloodwood grows in French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Panama and Venezuela.

Botanical Classification: Brosimum paraense

Family: Moraceae

Average Dried Weight: 63 lb/ft.

Average Specific Gravity: 1.01