Canaletto Walnut Set 194.19

Scientific name: Junglas Nigra

Originally from the North American continent, from which it was during the twentieth century imported and cultivated also in Western Europe and oriental.

It is a medium-sized walnut, whose height can reach 30 meters, with an erect trunk and wrinkled bark.

Specific weight about 650-700 kg / m3, white sapwood tending to yellow, chocolate-colored heartwood, sometimes characterized by purple streaks. Very marked differentiation between sapwood and heartwood. Open and diffuse pore, characteristic of the genus Junglas.

High stability, if the wood is treated with vaporization process, medium-high hardness, high durability for the heartwood, poor for the sapwood, very good workability. Odorless.

 Used for furniture and veneers.