Exotic Hardwoods of Rhode Island

   Bloodwood

Description:  Bloodwood is beautiful dense wood, which is very red in color and holds that color over time. The wood is very dense, with a tight fine, mostly linear grain

Common Name:  Bloodwood

Country of Origin:  Venezuela, Peru, Panama, Brazil

Color Range:  Bloodwood exhibits a fairly wide range of color variation, from pale orange colors through to deep blood red. Bloodwood undergoes a medium degree of color change from pale orangey reds to a deep dark red as it ages.

Botanical name:   Brosimum, rubescens

Other Names:  Muirapiranga, Satine Rubane, Cardinal Wood

Hardness:  2900 as compared to: Red oak- 1260 & N maple- 1450


Exotic Hardwoods of Rhode Island