MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 014
Kamagong
Diospyros blancoi
Dark, sometimes streaked ebony-like heartwood with a paler surrounding band.
- Botanical family
- Ebenaceae
- Average dry density
- 1,090 kg/m³ (≈15% MC)
- Janka hardness
- Not available for confirmed identity
- Native distribution
- Philippines and Taiwan
- Grain & texture
- Fine, usually straight to irregular
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 dense Philippine ebony relative, known locally also as mabolo.
Notable applications
Carving, fine furniture, small turned objects and decorative handles.
Of particular interest
The tree bears an edible, velvet-skinned fruit; Diospyros discolor is a synonym used in older literature.
Workshop note
The 1,090 kg/m³ value is published at 15% moisture, not 12%; no verified species-specific Janka test has been assigned here.
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.