WoodwoodHardwood
Mahogany (Honduran)
Stable, easily worked hardwood with a warm reddish tone. Long the standard for fine furniture, boat trim and instrument bodies because it moves little once dry.
Properties
- Family
- Wood
- Category
- wood
- Species
- Swietenia macrophylla
- Density
- 0.55 g/cm³ · 550 kg/m³
Applicationswhere mahogany (honduran) is normally specified
FurnitureMusical instrumentsBoat trimCabinetry
Practical notes
- Density is for air-dried stock at about 12% moisture content
- Dimensionally very stable — a large part of its reputation
- Many species are sold as mahogany; properties differ noticeably