The Beautiful Floors from Brazil

Brazilian Cherry

Available in prefinished and unfinished formats

The species Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba) is the most popular hardwood flooring import from Brazil to the USA. Brazilian Cherry, known for its hardness and durability, this exotic hardwood is a great choice in both residential and commercial installations. We offer only one superior quality grade (clear grade)

General Characteristics

Brazilian Cherry from South America has a brownish-red color. It darkens from a tan/salmon color to a deep, reddish brown and is 228% as hard as domestic Red Oak. On the Janka Hardness scale, Brazilian Cherry ranks 2820 vs. 1260 for Red Oak.

Brazilian Cherry is an extremely heavy wood; hard to cut, variable heartwood regarding color, from light brown to pink, to reddish brown, with some intense shadowing. Thick sapwood, notably differentiated, white slightly yellowed, uniform medium texture, regular to irregular grain of wood, rough and of poor shine surface; imperceptible scent and taste.

Main Applications

Hardwood Flooring - Prefinished and Unfinished.
For being very heavy and of high mechanical properties, Brazilian Cherry wood may be used for interior finishing such as beams, rafters/joists, wooden planks, door frames, parquet and flooring boards, in external engineering such as sleepers and double tee junction, frames, decorating wooden sheets, furniture and others.

The species Brazilian Walnut (Ipe) is the hardest species we carry. Brazilian Walnut, known for its exceptional hardness and resistance to wood boring insects and fugi, this exotic hardwood is a great choice in both residential and commercial installations. Typically users who require an extremely durable floor or desire a dark floor choose Brazilian Walnut. We offer only one superior quality grade (clear grade), in both Prefinished and Unfinished formats and several sizes.

Brazilian Walnut

Brazilian Walnut from South America has a deep dark brown colored wood with exceptionally fine graining. It is one of the densest woods available, and the densest in our collection - at 3680 on the janka hardness scale vs 1260 for Red Oak.

Brazilian Koa or Tigerwood

Available in prefinished and unfinished formats

Flooring Trade Name: Tigerwood
Botanical Name: Astronium, spp
Lumber Name: Goncalo Alves
Grows In: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico

Tigerwood is a boldly striped species which has an orange/reddish brown background with wide dark brownish black striping, which we liken to the striping found in “vanilla fudge” ice cream.

Color Range:
Tigerwood, as the name suggests, is a species which exhibits a wide range of color/striping. The striping can vary from fine lines to bold “brush strokes”. The background color can range from light tans to darker orange browns.

Color Change:
Tigerwood exhibits a large degree of color change with a pronounced darkening of the background under the stripes from an orangey tan to a deep reddish brown color, which then in turn makes the striping less contrasting and more subtle.

Hardness:
Tigerwood is 170% as hard as red oak (2160 on the Janka scale vs. 1260 for red oak).

Santos Mahogany

The species Santos Mahogany (Cabriuva) is our second-most popular hardwood flooring import from Brazil to the USA. A rich, dark mahogany colored wood, Santos Mahogany is a superior choice to domestic mahogany given its hardness and color fastness. We offer only one superior quality grade (clear grade), in both prefinishedand unfinished formats and several sizes.

General Characteristics: Our clear grade Santos Mahogany has very minimal color and grain variation. Santos Mahogany has a medium color range, varying between a light orange/brown with yellowish overtones to a dark reddish/purplish brown. Most pieces of the floor are medium to dark orange/brown mahogany tone. Santos Mahogany is 175% as hard as red oak (2200 on the Janka scale vs. 1260 for red oak).

Main Applications: Hardwood Flooring - Prefinished and Unfinished.

Patagonian Rosewood

Available in prefinished format

Color Change
A new arrival to our inventory, Patagonian Rosewood (Angico Preto/Curupay) is a great addition to our product line. We're offering it at a great price. We are offering it in Pre-finished 3/8 x 3 x RL 18 – 84” Glue down / nail down Solid and Pre-finished & Un-finished ¾ x 3” & 5 “ x RL 18 – 84” nail down Solid formats.

Appearance
Patagonian Rosewood is a highly figured wood with pronounced black striping.

Color Range
Patagonian Rosewood offers an extremely wide range of color variability from light cream colors through to almost black pieces.

Patagonian Rosewood undergoes a dramatic color change from when fresh milled to when fully aged. Initially the background wood (to the black striping) varies from cream to orangish tones and then over times changes to deep dark orangey/reddish brown making the black stripes less pronounced.

Flooring Trade Name: Patagonian Rosewood
Botanical Name: Piptadenia, macrocarpa
Lumber Name: Curupay / Angico Preto
Grows In: Brazil, Paraguay & Bolivia

Tiete Chestnut

Available in Solid and Engineered Prefinished formats

Appearance
Lustrous chocolate brown with interesting golden striping

Color Range
Tiete Chestnut exhibits a tan to dark brown color with unique interlocking grain pattern and occasional black striping.

Color Change
Color is mostly unaffected by light.

Flooring Trade Name: Tiete Chestnut / Brazilian Chestnut
Botanical Name: Bowdichia Nitida
Lumber Name: Sucupira
Grows In: Brazil, Paraguay & Bolivia

Solid

Solid Prefinished Tiete Chestnut/Sucupira 3/4" x 3 1/4 x Random Length 1'-7'