Chestnut

Castanea spp. (species not specified)

Muted straw-to-honey brown with visible annual growth boundaries.

Botanical family: Fagaceae
Average dry density: Not assigned — identity requires confirmation
Janka hardness: Not available for confirmed identity
Native distribution: Temperate Northern Hemisphere
Grain & texture: Usually straight; pronounced ring-porous earlywood

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

A light-to-medium coloured open-pored timber with an architectural grain.

Notable applications

Joinery, cladding, carved panels and small turned work.

Of particular interest

Chestnut (Castanea) should not be confused with horse chestnut (Aesculus), a different botanical group.

Workshop note

Species was not specified; density and Janka have not been assigned.

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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.