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white walnut

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butternut, white walnut
A moderately soft, medium-textured, low-density wood of light to pale brown color. The walnut-like grain is used particularly for decorative veneer.


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In addition to Juglans regia, other walnuts of note incLude butternut or white walnut (Juglans cindera) and California walnut (Juglans hindsii), a fast-growing walnut along the West Coast.
The white walnut can grow 100 feet tall with a life expectancy of 75 years.
Instead of using endangered wood species such as mahogany and ironwood, all of the hardwood surfaces are Sapele, also known as African White Walnut, a renewable resource with handsome graining that offers the exceptional workability and stability required for fine furniture.
 
 
 
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