Morado Lumber

Morado also known as Bolivian Rosewood or Pau Ferro. Kiln Dried, Rough, Random Widths 4"+ x See lengths below, 85-100% Clear.
Morado Lumber Prices per Board Foot as of May 27, 2025
Description 100-249 B.F. 250-499 B.F. 500-999 B.F. 1000+ B.F.
4/4 Morado Lumber 21.75 19.50 18.75 17.50
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Morado Lumber Appearance and Design Attributes

Primary Color Tone: drkbrown

  • Characteristics
    USES:  Cabinetry, flooring, interior trim, turning, veneer, musical instruments and other small specialty wood products
    ORIGINS:  South America, mainly Brazil and Bolivia
    BOTANICAL NAME:  Machaerium spp. (Machaerium scleroxylon)
    COMMON NAME:  Pau Ferro, Morado, Bolivian Rosewood, Santos Rosewood
    COLOR DETAILS:  Color can be highly varied, ranging from reddish/orange to a dark violet/brown, usually with contrasting darker black streaks. Narrow sapwood is a pale yellow and is clearly demarcated from the heartwood.
    WEIGHT:  4.5 lbs. per board foot kiln dried
    WORKABILITY:  Morado or Pau Ferro is considered overall to be of fair workability, as it can blunt the cutting edges of tools, and any irregular grain has a tendency to tearout during machining operations. Also, many of the same challenges in gluing rosewoods are commo
  • Capabilities
    Morado also known as Bolivian Rosewood or Pau Ferro. Kiln Dried, Rough
    Pau Ferro is a wood of many names, and is sometimes called Morado: and because the wood is so similar in appearance and working properties to rosewood, it is also sometimes referred to as Bolivian or Santos Rosewood. The wood has been used in various capacities as a substitute for the endangered Brazilian Rosewood. Although the wood is not technically in the Dalbergia genus, it’s in a closely-related genus (Machaerium), and contains the same sensitizing compounds found in rosewoods—about as close to a true rosewood as a wood can get without actually being a Dalbergia species.
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