MOKUREI COLLECTION / ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHMOKUREI STUDIO / SPECIMEN 030
Tigerwood / Gonçalo Alves
Astronium spp. (often A. fraxinifolium / A. graveolens)
Warm caramel-to-red ground marked with irregular near-black stripes.
- Botanical family
- Anacardiaceae
- Average dry density
- 905 kg/m³ (≈12% MC)
- Janka hardness
- 2,170 lbf
- Native distribution
- Mexico to Brazil
- Grain & texture
- Usually straight; sometimes 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 tough, dense species group with strong contrasting figure.
Notable applications
Pool cues, floors, furniture and decorative knife handles.
Of particular interest
Tigerwood is a trade name shared by different timbers; Gonçalo Alves is generally associated with Astronium.
Workshop note
Sellers may use tigerwood for unrelated woods. Botanical confirmation is prudent.
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.