maclura pomifera, Moraceae, Angiospermae (Hardwood)

Chatoyance was measured by the chatometry.com team using the PZC method. The statistics for this specific timber are hereby summarized to provide an evaluation of data robustness:
Number of sources for samples: 1
Number of individual trees analyzed: 10
Number of specimens: 10
Number of measurements: 60
Max PZC read (of all measurements): 26.0
Min PZC read (of all measurements): 9.1
Max PZC average on one log: 23.7
Min PZC average on one log: 11.1
PZC Average of all logs: 17.0
Species: maclura pomifera
Family: Moraceae
Clade: Angiospermae
Description: Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) is a thorny, deciduous tree known for its distinctive large, green, wrinkled, brain-like fruit and extremely hard, durable wood.
Pictures – each from a different individual tree:










See also
MUD CURING ON OSAGE ORANGE
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