Nato (type of wood)
The reddish-brown wood of various South American carob plants from the Mora genus is called Nato ; Mora excelsa , Mora gonggrijpii and Mora oleifera u. a.
Another wood, also known as Nyatoh , comes from Southeast Asian species of the sapote family ( Palaquium spp., Payena spp. And Madhuca spp.), It has very similar appearance and properties, but it should not be confused .
The wood is similar to mahogany and is often used in making inexpensive guitars .
Sometimes you can find the misleading name NATO mahogany. But you have to recognize this as a consumer deception, because mahogany is a relatively strictly protected type of wood from South America. Nevertheless, Nato is an excellent wood for the production of musical instruments with a very beautiful and fine grain .
Web links
- English article on the genus Mora
- Mora gonggrijpii ( Memento of August 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
- Nyatoh ( memento of January 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
- Nyatho data sheet on the website of the French research institute CIRAD (PDF; 197 kB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ MM Grandtner, Julien Chevrette: Dictionary of Trees. Volume 2: South America , Academic Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-396954-5 , p. 420.
- ^ Daniel Guibal, Jean-Claude Cerre a. a .: Tropical Timber Atlas. Éditions Quæ, 2017, ISBN 978-2-7592-2798-3 , pp. 615 ff, 669 ff, 985.