Nato (type of wood)

Nato back and sides of a cheap Yamaha acoustic guitar (FX 370C)

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.

[1] MM Grandtner, Julien Chevrette: Dictionary of Trees. Volume 2: South America , Academic Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-12-396954-5 , p. 420.

[2] 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.