Yellowheart
Quick Facts:
Common Name’s: Yellowheart, Pau Amarello
Scientific Name: Euxylophora paraensis
Tree size in length: 100-130 feet/ 30-40 meter
Tree size in diameter: 3-5 feet/100-150 cm
Average dried weight: 52 lbs per cubic ft/ 825 kg per cubic meter
Shrinkage radial: 5.6%
Shrinkage tangential: 6.7%
Shrinkage volumetric: 12.0%
Odor: Yellowheart has a mild, unpleasant smell when being worked.
Sustainability: This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices, and is reported by the IUCN as being a species of least concern.
General Info:
Heartwood color ranges from pale to golden yellow, darkening only slightly with age. Sapwood is a pale yellow/white.
Grain/Texture:
Grain is usually straight, though some figured pieces may have wavy or interlocked grain. Fine uniform texture and a naturally high luster.
Workability:
Yellowheart is normally easy to work with hand or machine tools, though it can be more difficult if interlocked or figured grain is present. Yellowheart also has a moderate blunting effect on cutters. Glues and finishes well.
Notes/Comments:
Commonly referred to as Pau Amarello, which is Portuguese for “yellow wood”—few woods are as consistent and vibrant a yellow as Yellowheart. The wood is also sometimes sold as Brazilian Satinwood, though it is not to be considered a true satinwood. Yellowheart has an unusually high amount of radial shrinkage when compared to its tangential shrinkage, giving it a remarkably low.