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Demystifying Wood Species, Part 2

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Welcome back to Premier Flooring Solutions’ Demystifying Wood Species blog series.  We return this week again to talk about three more exotic wood species featured in our Nature’s Beauty product line—Jatoba, Kempas and Merbau.

Jatoba (botanical name: Hymenaea Courbaril—), also known as Brazilian Cherry, is one of the most popular wood species.  Jatoba wood, like most exotic wood species, is known for its dense texture and its hardness.  On the Janka scale, it rates 2,350, deeming it as one of the toughest and most durable wood species.  (more…)