More recently it was used to make wheel bearing races in the high speed production industry. The heartwood is the hardest to find
The wood is hard, dense and extremely durable, the densest wood traded; it will easily sink in water. On the Janka Scale of Hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of all woods, with a Janka hardness of 4500 (compared with Hickory at 1820, red oak at 1290, and Yellow Pine at 690). The heartwood turns greenish in color once exposed leading to the common name Greenheart. In the shipbuilding, cabinetry, and woodturning crafts the term greenheart refers to the greenish tint of the heartwood when exposed to the open air. The green color is caused by oxidation.
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More recently it was used to make wheel bearing races in the high speed production industry. The heartwood is the hardest to find
The wood is hard, dense and extremely durable, the densest wood traded; it will easily sink in water. On the Janka Scale of Hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of all woods, with a Janka hardness of 4500 (compared with Hickory at 1820, red oak at 1290, and Yellow Pine at 690). The heartwood turns greenish in color once exposed leading to the common name Greenheart. In the shipbuilding, cabinetry, and woodturning crafts the term greenheart refers to the greenish tint of the heartwood when exposed to the open air. The green color is caused by oxidation.
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More recently it was used to make wheel bearing races in the high speed production industry. The heartwood is the hardest to find
The wood is hard, dense and extremely durable, the densest wood traded; it will easily sink in water. On the Janka Scale of Hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of all woods, with a Janka hardness of 4500 (compared with Hickory at 1820, red oak at 1290, and Yellow Pine at 690). The heartwood turns greenish in color once exposed leading to the common name Greenheart. In the shipbuilding, cabinetry, and woodturning crafts the term greenheart refers to the greenish tint of the heartwood when exposed to the open air. The green color is caused by oxidation.
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Lignum Vitae
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