Bouls Macassar Ebony 52 mm
Makassar is a hardwood and belongs to the coloured ebony woods. Its dark and at the same time elegant wood appearance has a grey-brown to red-brown basic tone with dark brown to black stripes. The smooth and striking wood thus acquires a distinctly striped structure. Dark mineral constituents are occasionally visible in the pore grooves on the lateral surfaces.
Trade names and other names
German: Makassar, Ebony, Coromandel
English: Ebony
French: Ebène macassar
Italian: Ebano macassar
Spanish: n.a.
Dutch: n.a.
Portuguese: n.a.
Arabic: n.a.
Chinese: 黑檀
Available thicknesses
50, 52, 60 mm, other thicknesses on request
Occurrence
Makassar is widespread in East India, Bombay, Sri Lanka and Sumatra.
Trunk and bark
Makassar ebony is a large tree up to 30m high and about 1m in diameter. The stem is up to 18m knot-free and well formed in Makassar Ebony.
Characteristics and wood colour
Pores as short radial groups, very small. Growth zones are not visible in ebony. Ebony has a black heartwood with light reddish brown stripes. This makes it very decorative. The sapwood of ebony is whitish to light grey, very broad and unusable.
Category | Lumber |
Product group | Unedged lumber |
Thicknesses | 52 mm |
Weight kg/m3 | 960.000 |
Specie | Macassar Ebony |
Botanical name | Diospyros celebica |
Wood type | Hardwood |
Main occurrence | Asia |
Wood origin | China |
Certification | not certified |
Colour | dark brown |
Hue | dark |
Use | musical instrument | Carving and turnery work |
Surface structure | rough-cut |
Humidity | 10% ± 2% |
Customs tariff number | 44072920 |
Packaging | loosely |
Items on stock | yes |
Date of delivery | approx. 3 - 6 working days |
Postal shipping | nein |