MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 025
Pau Rosa (African)
Bobgunnia fistuloides / B. madagascariensis
Rose-gold, orange-brown and chocolate veining with a glassy polished lustre.
- Botanical family
- Fabaceae
- Average dry density
- 1,030 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,940 lbf
- Native distribution
- Central and southern tropical Africa
- Grain & texture
- Wavy to interlocked; medium texture
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 durable, colourful African timber sometimes sold under Swartzia synonyms.
Notable applications
Fine turning, furniture, veneer and small decorative pieces.
Of particular interest
“Pau Rosa” is also used for the unrelated Brazilian species Aniba rosaeodora, with different characteristics and trade controls.
Workshop note
The measurements are taken from the Bobgunnia trade group. Your specimen’s identity must be confirmed before declaring which species it is.
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.