Brazilian Walnut 50×150×600 Sawn Timber

Imbuia (Brazilian Walnut) sawn board. 50×150×600mm. Dense, fragrant Brazilian hardwood with chocolate-brown heartwood and caramel streaks. From a parcel purchased before 1990 — Imbuia is no longer imported. Ships Australia-wide while stocks last.

One of the most distinctive-smelling cabinet timbers in the catalogue. Imbuia — Ocotea porosa — also called Brazilian Walnut, milled at a usable sawn section from a parcel Adrian purchased before 1990. Imbuia is no longer imported into Australia. Won’t be coming through again at this size.

What it is. A dense southern-Brazilian hardwood with chocolate-brown heartwood, caramel streaks, and a warm spicy scent when worked. Heavier through the section than the everyday mahogany trade, with grain that ranges from straight to softly wavy depending on the cut. Listed on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable (VU).

What you’d make with it at 50×150×600mm

• Instrument fingerboards, bridges, or backs — the section yields multiple of either
• Small panel and box work — lids, drawer fronts, jewellery box components where colour and figure are the brief
• Carving stock and turning blanks — knife handles, finials, small turned objects
• Decorative joinery components — handrail caps, inlay banding (cut down), specialty mouldings

Working notes

• Density: ~755 kg/m³ — dense, working closer to walnut than mahogany
• Hardness: ~4.6 kN Janka — firm under the gouge, holds carved detail well
• Grain: Straight to wavy, fine texture — finishes near-glassy with minimal grain fill
• Surface: Supplied rough-sawn — dress one face true before marking out
• Working: Machines cleanly with carbide; carves under sharp gouges. Natural oils suit oil and lacquer finishes
• Finishing: Oil deepens the chocolate tones — Rustins Danish oil for a hand-rubbed result; nitro or poly work well over a thin sanding-sealer base

What woodworkers say about it. Imbuia has a long reputation in fine cabinetry and instrument work — denser than mahogany, warmer than walnut, with a colour and figure that carries decorative work without needing a stain. The Brazilian guitar trade in particular has long treated it as a fine-furniture-grade hardwood that happens to work well at instrument scale.

The stack it came from. Imbuia is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and no longer enters the Australian timber trade. What’s on this listing is older inventory Adrian purchased before 1990 and held back for the right build. We’re not restocking this. Once it goes, the listing closes.

Shipping & Pickup

Ships Australia-wide via Aramex. Pickup from our Mulgrave NSW location Mon–Fri 9am–4pm, Sat 9am–12pm. Call (02) 4577 5277 or email sales@trendtimbers.com.au.

Limited Stock, Once It’s Gone

Imbuia at usable sawn sections is not something we restock on demand. Fixed quantity from the pre-1990 parcel, no reorders. Listed under From the Stacks. When the last piece goes, the listing closes.

References. Species reference: Ocotea porosa — Wikipedia. Browse more: our Imbuia Brazilian Walnut stock.