MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 029
Marblewood
Zygia racemosa (syn. Marmaroxylon racemosum)
Yellow-gold wood cut with dramatic dark purple-brown irregular streaks.
- Botanical family
- Fabaceae
- Average dry density
- 1,005 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,530 lbf
- Native distribution
- Northeastern South America
- Grain & texture
- Medium, often straight to slightly interlocked
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 high-contrast hardwood with a characteristically striped, marble-like face.
Notable applications
Cabinetwork, decorative inlays, turning and flooring.
Of particular interest
The commercial name refers to the marbled grain; it has no relationship to mineral marble.
Workshop note
Not to be confused with other trees called marblewood in Asian trade.
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.