Characteristics: This exotic and imported hardwood is a member of the Walnut family. This wood very much resembles American Walnut. It’s color is dark brown with a blackish striped figure. The grain is straight to wavy and the texture is rather coarse. A good way to save a little money and still have Walnut, while not exactly the same, it is a great substitute.

Common Uses: Furniture - cabinetmaking - musical instruments - gun stocks - turnery - carving - veneers and marquetry.

Working Properties: This wood works easily with both hand and machine tools. Takes nails and screws well and holds joints perfectly. It finishes cleanly and planed and sanded surfaces have a silken luster. Glues and polishes well.

Common Name: Peruvian Walnut

Tree is Native To: This wood comes from Peru, Colombia and Mexico.

Botanical Classification: Juglans neotropica

Family: Juglandaceae

Average Dried Weight: 40 lb/ft.

Average Specific Gravity: .65