MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 015
Amaranth / Purpleheart
Peltogyne spp.
Freshly machined brown-violet heartwood developing an exceptionally intense purple hue.
- Botanical family
- Fabaceae
- Average dry density
- 905 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,520 lbf
- Native distribution
- Central and tropical South America
- Grain & texture
- Generally straight, occasionally wavy; medium texture
Original photograph © Mokurei Studio · physical timber held in the studio collection. Identification supplied by the studio; reference properties are not individual sample measurements.
Material character
Strong colour response to oxidation and light; dense and hard.
Notable applications
Decorative veneer, furniture, pool cues, inlays and knife handles.
Of particular interest
The purple colour is natural but can shift towards brown over prolonged light exposure.
Workshop note
Peltogyne is a genus-level commercial grouping, not a guaranteed single species.
Wood identification is provided by the Mokurei Studio collection, not independently laboratory-verified. Technical figures are reference averages, not measurements of the photographed piece; they vary with provenance and moisture.