MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 049
Iroko
Milicia excelsa (iroko trade group also M. regia)
Yellow-gold to medium brown, often darkening with age.
- Botanical family
- Moraceae
- Average dry density
- 660 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 1,190 lbf
- Native distribution
- Tropical Africa
- Grain & texture
- Straight to interlocked; coarse to 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
Durable hardwood with a warm lustre and distinct growth variation.
Notable applications
Joinery, furniture, flooring and marine work.
Of particular interest
Sometimes called African teak although Iroko is not botanically related to Tectona.
Workshop note
M. excelsa is the supplied identification; other Milicia species are traded under iroko. Figures refer to the cited group reference.
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.