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    Janka Hardness Scale

    The Janka scale is used to determine the relative hardness of particular domestic or exotic wood species. The Janka test measures the amount of force required to embed a 0.444" steel ball into the wood to half of its diameter. Woods with a higher rating are harder than woods with a lower rating. The Jenka scale is measured in pounds-force.

    This chart has been created by combining data from a number of sources. The left side is arranged alphabetically by species, whereas the right side is sorted by hardness.

     

    Janka Hardness Scale

    Species (sorted alphabetical) Janka   Species (sorted by hardness) Janka
    Abarco 1020   Cuipo 22
    Acacia 1750   Balsa 100
    African Mahogany 830   Ceiba, Kapok 281
    African Padauk 1725   Aspen, quaking 337
    African Pearlwood / Moabi Sometimes: Brazilian Cherry "Lite" 3680   Buckeye, yellow 350
    Afromosia 2524   Jelutong 357
    Afzelia / Doussie / Australian Wormy Chestnut 1810   Basswood, American 367
    Alder (Red) 590   Gumbo Limbo 370
    Amberwood 2200   Cottonwood, eastern 377
    Amendoim 1912   Eastern White Pine 380
    Amendoim, Ybyraro 2947   Pine, lodgepole 402
    American Beech 1300   Redwood 402
    American Red Elm 860   Fir, white 407
    American Cherry 950   Obeche 408
    Anchico 2524   Basswood 410
    Andiroba, Virola 1130   Aspen, bigtooth 420
    Angelim Pedra, Amburana 3040   White Pine 420
    Angelin 1750   Spruce, black 422
    Angelique 1290   Okoume, aboon 431
    Angico, Vermelho 3020   Poplar 432
    Aniegre 980   Cypress, Mexican 460
    Apple 1480   Hemlock, mountain 467
    Ash (White) 1320   Butternut, Whate walnut 490
    Ash, blue 2030   Hemlock 500
    Aspen, bigtooth 420   Maminha-de-porca 523
    Aspen, quaking 337   Tamarack 526
    Avodire 1250   Chestnut 540
    Azobe 2940   Poplar 540
    Balau 1642   Catalpa 550
    Balsa 100   Hura 558
    Bamboo 1450   Willow 568
    Bamboo, timbergrass 1642   Cypress, Southern 570
    Banak, Kirikawa 911   Cedar, yellow 580
    Bangkirai 1798   Alder (Red) 590
    Bangkirai, Amang besi 1987   Larch 590
    Basswood 410   Silverbell, Carolina 590
    Basswood, American 367   Quaruba, Copaie 593
    Beech, Australian; Blackbutt 1569   Cativo 625
    Benge, Muteneye 1983   Western Juniper 626
    Black cherry 788   Sassafras 630
    Black Cherry, Imbuia 950   Pine, spruce 647
    Black Walnut/North American Walnut 1010   Determa 657
    Blackwood, African 1720   Douglas Fir 660
    Bloodwood 2900   Embira-branca 669
    Bocote, Cabreuva, Santos Mahogany 2200   Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly and Shortleaf) 690
    Boire 940   Silver Maple 700
    Boire, Bodowood 1326   Shedua 710
    Bolivian Cherry 3650   Boxelder 720
    Boreal 1023   Chinkapin, giant 730
    Boxelder 720   Limba 731
    Boxwood, Buis 2730   Larch, western 745
    Brazilian Eucalyptus / Rose Gum 1125   Ilomba 749
    Brazilian Koa 2160   Elm 769
    Brazilian Mesquite / Carapa Guianensis 1220   Sycamore, American 770
    Brazilian Olivewood 3700   Keruing, Apitong 775
    Brazilian Redwood / Paraju / Massaranduba 3190   Parana-Pine 780
    Breu 980   Laurel, California; Myrtle 784
    Brushbox 2135   Black cherry 788
    Brushbox 3025   Cumaru 790
    Bubinga 1980   Primavera 799
    Bubinga, African rosewood 2628   Mahogany, Honduran Mahogany 800
    Buckeye, yellow 350   African Mahogany 830
    Buckthorn, Cascara 1040   Lacewood, Leopardwood 840
    Bulletwood, Balata, Macaranduba 3070   Sweetgum 850
    Butternut, Whate walnut 490   American Red Elm 860
    Cambara 941   Tupelo, gum 861
    Cameron 1940   Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf) 870
    Camphorwood 930   Hackberry 880
    Canarywood 2000   Oak, Asian; Rubberwood 890
    Carbonized Bamboo (represents one species) 1180   Cedar 900
    Caribbean Heart Pine 1280   Eastern Red Cedar 900
    Caribbean Walnut 1390   Sande 900
    Catalpa 550   Meranti, dark red 908
    Cativo 625   Paper Birch 910
    Cedar 900   Banak, Kirikawa 911
    Cedar, Spanish 1006   Cuangare 911
    Cedar, yellow 580   Ekop 915
    Ceiba, Kapok 281   Camphorwood 930
    Chechen, Black poisonwood 2200   Boire 940
    Cherry 995   Cambara 941
    Cherry, tropical/Mayan; Machiche, Cerezo 3190   American Cherry 950
    Chestnut 540   Black Cherry, Imbuia 950
    Chinkapin, giant 730   Red Maple 950
    Cocobolo 1136   Soft and Ambrosia Maple 950
    Coconut palm 1600   Aniegre 980
    Coffee Bean 1390   Breu 980
    Copaiba, Bacana 1470   Mango 980
    Cottonwood, eastern 377   Imbuia, Imbuya 982
    Cuangare 911   Roble 987
    Cuipo 22   Cherry 995
    Cumaru 790   Hevea 995
    Curupixa 1018   Pink ivory 995
    Curupixa 1490   Sakura, Chinese birch 995
    Cypress, Australian hard 1375   Magnolia, southern 1000
    Cypress, Mexican 460   Teak 1000
    Cypress, Southern 570   Cedar, Spanish 1006
    Degame 1816   Black Walnut/North American Walnut 1010
    Determa 657   Curupixa 1018
    Dipteryx odorata / Cumaru / "Brazilian Teak" sometimes: "Brazilian Chestnut," "Tiete Chestnut," "South American Chestnut," "Southern Chestnut" 3540   Abarco 1020
    Dogwood, flowering 2150   Holly, American 1020
    Douglas Fir 660   Boreal 1023
    Doussie 2103   Teak, Brazilian; Tatajuba 1038
    Eastern Red Cedar 900   Buckthorn, Cascara 1040
    Eastern White Pine 380   Teak 1075
    Ebony 3220   Peruvian Walnut 1080
    Ebony, Brazilian 3692   Makore 1100
    Ekop 915   Siberian Larch 1100
    Elm 769   Brazilian Eucalyptus / Rose Gum 1125
    Embira-branca 669   Andiroba, Virola 1130
    Etauba, Itauba 2900   Cocobolo 1136
    Faveira 2895   Teak 1155
    Fir, white 407   Thuya, Thuja, Arar 1155
    Freijo 1627   Maple, hard-rock 1156
    Garapa, Goldenwood 1700   Juniper 1160
    Golden Teak 2330   Nyatoh 1171
    Goncalo Alves / Tigerwood 1850   Carbonized Bamboo (represents one species) 1180
    Goncalo Alves, Tigerwood 2160   Larch 1200
    Grapia 1658   Kapur 1205
    Greenheart 2593   Brazilian Mesquite / Carapa Guianensis 1220
    Grenadilla, Mpingo, African blackwood 2940   Yellow Heart Pine 1225
    Grey Ironbark 3664   Movingui 1230
    Gum, spotted; Australian hickory 2185   Pine, Caribbean 1240
    Gum, Sydney blue 1273   Avodire 1250
    Gumbo Limbo 370   Yellow Birch, Iroko 1260
    Hackberry 880   Gum, Sydney blue 1273
    Hard / Sugar Maple 1450   Ramin 1274
    Hemlock 500   Movingui, Ayan 1278
    Hemlock, mountain 467   Caribbean Heart Pine 1280
    Hevea 995   Angelique 1290
    Hickory / Pecan, Satinwood 1820   Mersawa 1290
    Highland Beech 1686   Red Oak (Northern) 1290
    Holly, American 1020   Walnut, Mansonia; Imbuya 1290
    Honeylocust 1548   Makore, African cherry 1294
    Hophornbeam, Ironwood 1860   American Beech 1300
    Hornbeam, American 1780   Manni, Chewstick 1304
    Hura 558   Ash (White) 1320
    Ilomba 749   White Ash 1320
    Imbuia, Imbuya 982   Boire, Bodowood 1326
    Ipe / "Brazilian Walnut" / Lapacho 3684   Sourwood 1326
    Ipe, Lapacho 3342   Oak, white 1333
    Ironbark, red 2470   Ribbon Gum 1349
    Ironwood 2299   Kauri, Agathis 1350
    Ivorywood, Pau marfim 1987   Tasmanian Oak 1350
    Jarrah 1910   White Oak 1360
    Jatoba, Brazilian cherry, Coubaril 2350   Cypress, Australian hard 1375
    Jelutong 357   Natural Bamboo (represents one species) 1380
    Juniper 1160   Sepetir 1382
    Kaneelhart, Ajoewa 2464   Caribbean Walnut 1390
    Kapur 1205   Coffee Bean 1390
    Karri 2010   Kentucky Coffee Tree 1390
    Karri 2030   Mahogany, African, Khaya 1395
    Kauri, Agathis 1350   Mahogany, Royal 1400
    Kempas 1710   Santa Maria 1410
    Kempas, Thongbueng 1797   Sapele 1439
    Kentucky Coffee Tree 1390   Louro 1441
    Keruing, Apitong 775   Tulipwood, Pau rosa 1441
    Kiiat, Muninga, Mukwa 1564   Bamboo 1450
    Koa 1551   Hard / Sugar Maple 1450
    Kurupaya 3840   Madrone, Pacific; Manzanita 1460
    Lacewood, Leopardwood 840   Copaiba, Bacana 1470
    Lapacho 3640   Sweet Birch 1470
    Larch 590   Apple 1480
    Larch 1200   Curupixa 1490
    Larch, western 745   Pau-santo, Angelica 1490
    Laurel, California; Myrtle 784   Mahogany, sapele 1500
    Lignum vitae / Guayacan / Pockenholz 4500   Maple, Brazilian 1500
    Limba 731   Tauari 1500
    Locust, black 1700   Sapele / Sapelli, Kupa'y 1510
    Louro 1441   Witch hazel 1530
    Lyptus 1796   Honeylocust 1548
    Macadamia 2300   Koa 1551
    Macawood 2406   Peroba 1557
    Madrone, Pacific; Manzanita 1460   Kiiat, Muninga, Mukwa 1564
    Magnolia, southern 1000   Tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus 1568
    Mahogany, African, Khaya 1395   Beech, Australian; Blackbutt 1569
    Mahogany, Honduran Mahogany 800   True Pine, Timborana 1570
    Mahogany, Incensio, Cariuva 2200   Zebrawood 1575
    Mahogany, Royal 1400   Coconut palm 1600
    Mahogany, Santos' Cabreuva 2600   Olive, Brazilian; Taxi 1600
    Mahogany, sapele 1500   Yew, Pacific 1600
    Makore 1100   Quina 1611
    Makore, African cherry 1294   Peroba de campos, White peroba 1624
    Maminha-de-porca 523   Tualang 1624
    Manbarklak, Black kakaralli 2890   Freijo 1627
    Mango 980   Red Pine 1630
    Mangrove, red 2940   Walnut, tropical; T'zalam 1630
    Manni, Chewstick 1304   Wenge 1630
    Maple, Brazilian 1500   Wenge, Red Pine, Hornbeam 1630
    Maple, hard-rock 1156   Balau 1642
    Marblewood 2532   Bamboo, timbergrass 1642
    Maria-preta, Arvore-da-chuva 1668   Roxinho 1650
    Marishballi 2967   Shedua, Amazakoue 1650
    Mastic 1770   Merbau 1654
    Meranti, dark red 908   Grapia 1658
    Merbau 1654   Zebrawood 1658
    Merbau 1712   Maria-preta, Arvore-da-chuva 1668
    Merbau 1925   Highland Beech 1686
    Merbau 1925   Patens 1691
    Mersawa 1290   Garapa, Goldenwood 1700
    Mesquite 2345   Locust, black 1700
    Moabi, Guajara 2100   Kempas 1710
    Mora 2424   Merbau 1712
    Morado 2400   Blackwood, African 1720
    Movingui 1230   Piquia 1720
    Movingui, Ayan 1278   Opepe 1724
    Narrah, Amboyna 2170   African Padauk 1725
    Natural Bamboo (represents one species) 1380   Acacia 1750
    Nyatoh 1171   Angelin 1750
    Oak, Asian; Rubberwood 890   Mastic 1770
    Oak, live 3200   Hornbeam, American 1780
    Oak, white 1333   Rosewood 1780
    Obeche 408   Shorea 1780
    Okan 2780   Lyptus 1796
    Okoume, aboon 431   Kempas, Thongbueng 1797
    Olive, Brazilian; Taxi 1600   Bangkirai 1798
    Opepe 1724   Sandalwood 1798
    Osage Orange 2040   Serviceberry 1800
    Osage orange 2400   Afzelia / Doussie / Australian Wormy Chestnut 1810
    Padauk, African 2219   Degame 1816
    Paper Birch 910   Hickory / Pecan, Satinwood 1820
    Para-angelim 1958   Goncalo Alves / Tigerwood 1850
    Paraju, Brazilian redwood, Jutahy 3500   Hophornbeam, Ironwood 1860
    Parana-Pine 780   Purpleheart 1860
    Patagonian Rosewood / Curupay / Angico Preto / Piptadenia Macrocarpa / Brazilian Tiger Mahogany 3840   Tarara 1860
    Patens 1691   Yellowheart, Anan 1878
    Pau ferro, Brazilian ebony 2713   Jarrah 1910
    Pau-santo, Angelica 1490   Amendoim 1912
    Pearwood, African; Aboga 2732   Merbau 1925
    Peroba 1557   Merbau 1925
    Peroba de campos, White peroba 1624   Tallowwood 1933
    Persimmon 2254   Tualang 1938
    Peruvian Walnut 1080   Cameron 1940
    Pilon, Angelim 2020   Para-angelim 1958
    Pine, Caribbean 1240   Bubinga 1980
    Pine, lodgepole 402   Benge, Muteneye 1983
    Pine, spruce 647   Wallaba 1986
    Pink ivory 995   Bangkirai, Amang besi 1987
    Piquia 1720   Ivorywood, Pau marfim 1987
    Poplar 432   Canarywood 2000
    Poplar 540   Tallowwood 2007
    Pradoo 2170   Karri 2010
    Pradoo, Burma padauk 2267   Pilon, Angelim 2020
    Primavera 799   Sydney Blue Gum 2023
    Purpleheart 1860   Ash, blue 2030
    Purpleheart, Amaranth, Pau roxo 2713   Karri 2030
    Pyinkado 2369   Osage Orange 2040
    Quaruba, Copaie 593   Moabi, Guajara 2100
    Quebracho Colorado 2470   Doussie 2103
    Quina 1611   Brushbox 2135
    Ramin 1274   Sucupira sometimes "Brazilian Chestnut" or "Tiete Chestnut" 2140
    Red Mahogany, Turpentine 2697   Dogwood, flowering 2150
    Red Maple 950   Brazilian Koa 2160
    Red Oak (Northern) 1290   Goncalo Alves, Tigerwood 2160
    Red Pine 1630   Narrah, Amboyna 2170
    Redwood 402   Pradoo 2170
    Ribbon Gum 1349   Gum, spotted; Australian hickory 2185
    Roble 987   Amberwood 2200
    Rosewood 1780   Bocote, Cabreuva, Santos Mahogany 2200
    Rosewood, Brazilian; Jacaranda 2860   Chechen, Black poisonwood 2200
    Rosewood, Indian 3170   Mahogany, Incensio, Cariuva 2200
    Roxinho 1650   Santos Mahogany, Bocote, Cabreuva, Honduran Rosewood 2200
    Sakura, Chinese birch 995   Ziricote 2200
    Sandalwood 1798   Padauk, African 2219
    Sande 900   Tatajuba 2220
    Santa Maria 1410   Wenge 2235
    Santos Mahogany, Bocote, Cabreuva, Honduran Rosewood 2200   Persimmon 2254
    Sapele 1439   Pradoo, Burma padauk 2267
    Sapele / Sapelli, Kupa'y 1510   Ironwood 2299
    Sassafras 630   Tornillo 2299
    Satinwood 2600   Macadamia 2300
    Sepetir 1382   Tamarind 2318
    Serviceberry 1800   Golden Teak 2330
    Shedua 710   Mesquite 2345
    Shedua, Amazakoue 1650   Jatoba, Brazilian cherry, Coubaril 2350
    Shorea 1780   Pyinkado 2369
    Siberian Larch 1100   Morado 2400
    Silver Maple 700   Osage orange 2400
    Silverbell, Carolina 590   Macawood 2406
    Snakewood 3800   Mora 2424
    Soft and Ambrosia Maple 950   Kaneelhart, Ajoewa 2464
    Sourwood 1326   Ironbark, red 2470
    Southern Chestnut 2670   Quebracho Colorado 2470
    Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly and Shortleaf) 690   Spotted Gum 2473
    Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf) 870   Afromosia 2524
    Spotted Gum 2473   Anchico 2524
    Spruce, black 422   Marblewood 2532
    Stranded/woven bamboo 3000   Greenheart 2593
    Sucupira sometimes "Brazilian Chestnut" or "Tiete Chestnut" 2140   Mahogany, Santos' Cabreuva 2600
    Sweet Birch 1470   Satinwood 2600
    Sweetgum 850   Tigerwood, Muiracatiara 2620
    Sycamore, American 770   Turpentine 2624
    Sydney Blue Gum 2023   Bubinga, African rosewood 2628
    Tallowwood 1933   Southern Chestnut 2670
    Tallowwood 2007   Red Mahogany, Turpentine 2697
    Tamarack 526   Pau ferro, Brazilian ebony 2713
    Tamarind 2318   Purpleheart, Amaranth, Pau roxo 2713
    Tarara 1860   Boxwood, Buis 2730
    Tasmanian Oak 1350   Pearwood, African; Aboga 2732
    Tatajuba 2220   Okan 2780
    Tauari 1500   Rosewood, Brazilian; Jacaranda 2860
    Teak 1000   Manbarklak, Black kakaralli 2890
    Teak 1075   Faveira 2895
    Teak 1155   Bloodwood 2900
    Teak, Brazilian; Tatajuba 1038   Etauba, Itauba 2900
    Thuya, Thuja, Arar 1155   Azobe 2940
    Tiete rosewood 3280   Grenadilla, Mpingo, African blackwood 2940
    Tigerwood, Muiracatiara 2620   Mangrove, red 2940
    Tornillo 2299   Amendoim, Ybyraro 2947
    Tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus 1568   Marishballi 2967
    True Pine, Timborana 1570   Stranded/woven bamboo 3000
    Tualang 1624   Angico, Vermelho 3020
    Tualang 1938   Brushbox 3025
    Tulipwood, Pau rosa 1441   Angelim Pedra, Amburana 3040
    Tupelo, gum 861   Yvyraro 3040
    Turpentine 2624   Bulletwood, Balata, Macaranduba 3070
    Verawood 4000   Rosewood, Indian 3170
    Wallaba 1986   Brazilian Redwood / Paraju / Massaranduba 3190
    Walnut, Mansonia; Imbuya 1290   Cherry, tropical/Mayan; Machiche, Cerezo 3190
    Walnut, tropical; T'zalam 1630   Oak, live 3200
    Wenge 1630   Ebony 3220
    Wenge 2235   Tiete rosewood 3280
    Wenge, Red Pine, Hornbeam 1630   Ipe, Lapacho 3342
    Western Juniper 626   Paraju, Brazilian redwood, Jutahy 3500
    White Ash 1320   Dipteryx odorataCumaru / "Brazilian Teak" sometimes: "Brazilian Chestnut," "Tiete Chestnut," "South American Chestnut," "Southern Chestnut" 3540
    White Oak 1360   Lapacho 3640
    White Pine 420   Bolivian Cherry 3650
    Willow 568   Grey Ironbark 3664
    Witch hazel 1530   African Pearlwood / Moabi Sometimes: Brazilian Cherry "Lite" 3680
    Yellow Birch, Iroko 1260   Ipe / "Brazilian Walnut" / Lapacho 3684
    Yellow Heart Pine 1225   Ebony, Brazilian 3692
    Yellowheart, Anan 1878   Brazilian Olivewood 3700
    Yew, Pacific 1600   Snakewood 3800
    Yvyraro 3040   Kurupaya 3840
    Zebrawood 1575   Patagonian Rosewood / Curupay / Angico Preto / Piptadenia Macrocarpa / Brazilian Tiger Mahogany 3840
    Zebrawood 1658   Verawood 4000
    Ziricote 2200   Lignum vitae / Guayacan / Pockenholz 4500

    Edited by Travis


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