MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 022
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera
A vivid golden-yellow heartwood that turns amber-brown with age.
- Botanical family
- Moraceae
- Average dry density
- 855 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,620 lbf
- Native distribution
- South-central United States
- Grain & texture
- Fine to medium; mostly straight
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
Strong, hard, and notably durable in outdoor exposure.
Notable applications
Traditional bows, tool handles, fence posts and turned works.
Of particular interest
“Bois d’arc” preserves the long history of using the wood in archery.
Workshop note
The bright yellow colour darkens substantially under UV light.
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.