MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 039
Muhuhu
Brachylaena huillensis
Muted yellow-brown to olive hues with irregular darker growth traces.
- Botanical family
- Asteraceae
- Average dry density
- 910 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,190–2,500 lbf (reported range, side-grain)
- Native distribution
- Eastern and southeastern Africa
- Grain & texture
- Fine to medium; often slightly interlocked
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 naturally decorative timber with a fine material presence.
Notable applications
Decorative joinery, fine turning and interior detail work.
Of particular interest
Unlike its trade name might suggest, muhuhu belongs to the botanical daisy family, Asteraceae.
Workshop note
Published mean density of approximately 910 kg/m³ (Lignum CH); PROTA reports 830–990 kg/m³ at 12% moisture and side-grain Janka hardness 9,740–11,100 N (approximately 2,190–2,500 lbf). A published range, not a measured property of this specimen.
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.