Macadamia Nut
Scientific Name: | Macadamia spp. |
Location: | Eastern Australia |
Dried Weight: | 44lbs/ft3 |
Janka Hardness: | 2,300lbf |
Crushing Strength: | not available |
Macadamia has a heartwood that ranges from pale pink to a darker reddish brown and it exhibits a lacewood like effect when quarters awns the color will darken with age. The wood has a fairly coarse texture and it has an end grain which is diffuse-porous. Macadamia is difficult to work with and difficult to dry. It glues, turns and finishes well.