Saman
Certificate of authenticity & origin
One slab, measured and photographed at the yard before it was listed. Nothing in this record is estimated unless it says so.
- Issued
- 27 May 2026
- Partner yard
- JAF Bulgaria — Musachevo (BG)
The piece
3.10 m long, 90 mm thick.
- Length
- 3104mm
- Width
- 1163mm
- Thickness
- 90mm
Area 2.837 m²Volume 0.255 m³Weight ≈ 162 kg, estimated
The tree
Samanea saman
Metre wide single piece slabs that stay flat, because it moves less than half as much as oak. The one tropical species KORENA lists.
Samanea saman is native to Central and northern South America and has been planted throughout the tropics as a shade tree, which is where most timber now originates. Commercial slab supply reaches Europe largely from Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and Thailand, where the tree is grown on plantations and along roadsides rather than harvested from primary forest. It is the only non-European species in this catalogue and the only one where EUDR due diligence involves an import chain.
The reason people buy it is width. Saman grows a broad spreading crown on a short massive trunk, so it yields single piece slabs at widths European species cannot approach, frequently over a metre. Colour is dramatic: pale yellow sapwood against heartwood running golden brown to dark chocolate, often with darker streaking, and the boundary between the two is usually left in the finished piece as the defining feature.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Typical density
- ≈ 600 kg/m³
- Hardness
- 4010 N (Janka)
- Grain and colour
- Grain straight to interlocked or wavy; medium-coarse texture with natural luster. Rich dark-brown heartwood with darker streaks, sharply demarcated from pale sapwood, and prized for wide live-edge slabs (rain tree / monkeypod).
Typical values for the species, not measured on this slab.
The journey
From the yard to you.
- Sofia (Musachevo), BulgariaHeld at JAF Bulgaria — Musachevo
A KORENA partner yard. The slab was stored and inspected here, and it ships from here, not from a warehouse.
- 27 May 2026Moisture checked
18.1% on a Merlin HM9 WS25, serial E 3392, in calibration until 9 Jun 2030.
- Before listingMeasured and photographed
Outline traced to scale with KORENA Capture. Width taken at 25%, 50% and 75% of the length.
- 27 May 2026Passport issued
Number KRN-2026-00015, tied to the QR tag on the slab.
- NextIts first owner
The passport stays with the slab after the sale. The QR keeps working for good.
The record
Everything behind the story.
- Moisture
- 18.1%
- Meter
- Merlin HM9 WS25
- Serial number
- E 3392
- Valid from
- 8 May 2026
- Valid until
- 9 Jun 2030
Calibration traceable to national standards. The reading above was taken with this instrument, within its valid calibration window. View calibration certificate
- L × W × T
- 3104 × 1163 × 90 mm
- Width at 25%
- 1126 mm
- Width at 50%
- 871 mm
- Width at 75%
- 836 mm
- Precision
- ± 6.32 mm
- Split · Major
- Bark inclusion · Minor
Operated by Martial Labs Ltd. (BG, EIK 207453941). KORENA is a trading name of Martial Labs Ltd.
This passport is the long-lived public record for the slab. Scan the QR on the slab to return here at any time. Visit korena.eu for the full marketplace.