Salomon Padouk – Narra – Pacific Rosewood Tonewood – Tonewood

Pacific Rosewood tonewood – Tonewood

Names and distribution:

Botanically, Solomon’s padouk(Pterocarpus indicus) belongs to the Papilionaceae, a subfamily of legumes. The species is also marketed as Papua New Guinee (PNG) Rosewood and is reminiscent of teak in its appearance and characteristics. Related to the Burmese padouk(P. macrocarpus) and the African padouk(P. soyauxii, P. angolensis).

Wooden picture:

Heartwood golden colored, occasionally pink stripes. Overall broader color spectrum than teak. Sapwood light pale with distinct boundaries. At the light development to uniform color tone. Pores medium to coarse, scattered and not numerous. storage cells are stored in eye-shaped fields around the pores. Medullary rays arranged very finely and in tiers, radial growth zones differently distinct. Frequently intertwined grain, sometimes wild in the flap cut, rather plain as a rift cut (stripe). Decorative overall.

Properties:

Density at 12% wood moisture content is 0.65-0.72 ^t/m3. The dimensional change per 1% change in wood moisture content is 0.24% in the tangential direction and 0.17% in the radial direction; both low values. Salomon Padouk shows excellent stamina. Salomon Padouk dries easily and without cracking and can be worked with all tools without difficulty. Pleasantly sweet smell during processing. Decorative and smooth surfaces can be created. Good sound characteristics comparable to Swietenia.

The Brinell hardness is 35, the modulus of elasticity approx. 13,000 ^N/mm2. Salomon Padouk is weather-resistant (durability class 1-2).

Note:

Tends to “bleed” when fresh, i.e. soluble ingredients are washed out by rain. Appropriate measures (wet brushing, oiling, glazing) must be taken.

Use:

Interior and construction timber for interior and exterior use, boat building, for dimensionally stable frames, parquet flooring, furniture construction, musical instruments.

Replaced:

Teak, Iroko-Kambala, Niangon

References:	Outdoor area	Benches on the EXPO 2000 site, Hanover Railing & bench, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Berlin-Mitte Outdoor benches, Debitel, Stuttgart Balcony balustrade, Golfclub Lindenhof, Bad Vilbel
	Parquet & floorboards	Villa Borsig, Guest House of the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Parquet flooring on the AIDA VI cruise ship Head office of Ruhr-Lippe-Wohnungsbaugesellschaft 2-layer parquet, private house Bad Vilbel Strip parquet, residential building Bad Vilbel – Heilsberg Bathroom, private apartment, Nauheim/Gross-Gerau Parquet, stairs, bathroom, bathroom furniture, P. apartment building in Erlangen Residential building, Bad Nauheim Underfloor heating in the bathroom, Bad Vilbel Conservatory in Flörsheim am Main
	Doors & windows	Windows, building project Lörrach (Baden) Doors and windows, examples Window and handrail, private house Bad Vilbel
	Furniture	Kitchen extension, Fürth
	Musical instruments	Classical guitar, Deep Ocean Guitars Western guitar, Ole Kehlet, DK Xylophone, Anklang Musikwelt
	Art & Miscellaneous	Boat project Bathtub
Sources:	GOTTWALD 1970: Wood identification of the most important commercial timbers EDDOWS, P.J. 1977: Commercial Timbers of Papua New Guinea SCHWAB, E. 1993: Orientierende Prüfung einiger Holzarten aus PNG BFH Hamburg, unpublished.

Note: according to the latest findings, but excluding any liability

Image 1: Solomon Padouk as parquet flooring
Figure 2: Padouk species in comparison:
left: Padouk, West African, old
right: Muninga, Padouk from East Africa
below: Salomon Padouk
Image 3: S.P. after 6 years of weathering

 

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References:

EXPO 2000 grounds Hanover, outdoor benches

Benches on the EXPO site
Salomon Padouk (FSC) / Aluminum
Design: Albert Speer

(former) Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Berlin-Mitte

Railing and bench, Salomon Padouk, FSC
Architect: Stephan Becsei, Spitzenstrasse 2
60437 Frankfurt, Tel: 06101/403760
Email:
s.becsei@b-a-e-r.com

www.b-a-e-r.com

Doors and windows, examples

Kitchen extension in Fürth

Design: grimm_architekten, Nuremberg
Email:
info@grimmarchitekten.de

www.grimmarchitekten.de

Classical guitar, Salomon Padouk; Deep Ocean

Deep Ocean Guitars, Top: Salomon Padouk

Salomon Padouk guitar by Ole Kehlet

Western guitar from Salomon Padouk
Ole Kehlet, DK
www.kehletguitars.com

Boat project

7 different types of wood were used:
Sucupira, Louro gamela, Lauan, europ. Oak, americ. Oak, Douglas fir and Salomon Padouk.
The latter type of wood was used for the decks and supplied by ESPEN.

Deck and stern (Salomon Padouk, sealed with Sikaflex 290)