Famous worldwide for its ruby red hues, and dense strength in its grain structure, it is a perfect candidate for furniture, flooring & art design. In our case, its gorgeous red tones and sometimes fiddle-backed grain can make for some incredible artworks of nature on our drums.

The tree itself can sometimes be mistaken for a Marri, however its most distinguishable feature is the shape of its gumnut. Jarrah has small, rounded gum nuts, while Marri’s have large, urn shaped nuts called “Honky Nuts”. Jarrah also has a much stringier bark compared to Marri’s chunkier, usually gum vein oozing bark. It’s leaves are less shiny with a margin (hence “Marginata”. The final clue lies in the flowers, which are long and narrow with a large peak.

In recent decades Jarrah has been thrown into the spotlight for the unique tonality that it offers. Jarrah produces a dark, throaty almost metallic note. In its lower register it provides a dark, rich tone (as can be heard in our 14x5.5 demo video), with its medium and upper registers providing more of a metallic, throaty explosiveness similar to a metal snare drum, with an ear splitting sharp crack.

TYPE: Hardwood

COLOUR: Dark-red, Pinkish-red.

GRAIN STRUCTURE: Relatively coarse but even, mostly straight, slightly interlocked.

BARK. Dark grey and stringy

DENSITY: Green 1170 kg/m3, Air-dry 820 kg/m3. Basic Density 670 kg/m3

JANKA SCALE: Green 5.7 KN, Dry 8.5 KN