Bouls Chestnut 40 mm

The chestnut has a yellowish brown to dark brown colour. The decorative character of the wood comes from the impressive veins and stripes that appear on the longitudinal cuts. In addition, the large pores of the chestnut form distinct needle cracks. The texture of the wood is strong due to the clearly visible annual rings.

Trade names and other names

German: Kastanie, Sweet Chestnut
 English: Sweet Chestnut, Chestnut, Marron
 French: Châtaigner
 Italian: Castagno europeo, Castagno
 Spanish: Castaño
 Portuguese: Castanheiro, castanheira, castanheiro-bravo, castanheira-portuguesa
 Dutch: Tamme kastanje

Available thicknesses

30, 32, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 mm, other thicknesses on request

Occurrence

The chestnut tree originates from Asia and was already cultivated in Europe in ancient times, so that today the main occurrence is still in the countries of the Mediterranean area, especially in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Balkans, North Africa and Asia Minor up to the Caspian Sea. North of the Alps, the chestnut is found especially in Switzerland, southern Germany, southern and western France and southern England.

Trunk and bark

The chestnut grows up to 25m high and with diameters of up to 1.2m. As a result of the strong cane growth, the trunk is rarely more than 10 to 12m knot-free in chestnut. The bark is glossy reddish brown with white lenticels on one-year-old branches, olive brown on perennial branches, spotted by lichen, and shows bark formation after the 15th year. It is grey-brown, longitudinally cracked and contains about 12% tannic acid.

Characteristics and wood colour

Pores are ring-shaped and large. Annual rings are very distinct. The large pores form distinct needle cracks in longitudinal section. Decorative wood with high tannic acid content. The sapwood and heartwood of the sweet chestnut are well separated. The sapwood is very narrow and dirty yellow-white, while the heartwood is light brown and shiny when fresh, darkening later.

Literature:
Wood atlas edition 3 by Wagenführer/Scheiber 1989.
Wood science volume 1-3 by H.H. Bosshard 1982