MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 021
Curupay
Anadenanthera colubrina / A. peregrina (trade use)
Reddish chocolate heartwood threaded with darker, sometimes almost black stripes.
- Botanical family
- Fabaceae
- Average dry density
- 1,025 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 3,630 lbf
- Native distribution
- Southern tropical South America
- Grain & texture
- Interlocked or irregular; moderately fine
Original photograph © Mokurei Studio · timber held in the studio collection. Identification supplied by the studio; physical-property values are literature references, not measurements of the pictured piece.
Material character
A heavy, very hard timber which often takes a vivid polished finish.
Notable applications
Flooring, fine turning, handles and decorative objects.
Of particular interest
The trade name Patagonian rosewood does not indicate membership in Dalbergia.
Workshop note
Values are typical of the commercial curupay grouping; botanical identification is required for an individual blank.
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.