Walnut Wood

Walnut: A wood of intricate grain and distinctive presence. An artistic choice for spaces that seek to express dignity through deep, rich tones.

Walnut Wood: Technical Specifications

Scientific Name

Juglans nigra (American Walnut), Juglans regia (European Walnut)

600–700 kg/m³

3.8 (Medium-Hard)

1,010 lbf (4,490 N)

1140 kg/cm²

610 kg/cm²

950 kg/cm²

90 kg/cm²

0.21٪

0.28٪

Good

Slow, with a tendency to crack

Good; responds well to sawing, sanding, and finishing

High; resistant to decay

Walnut can rightly be considered one of the most luxurious choices for wood flooring. Each walnut parquet tile is a work of art in its own right, requiring no artificial staining to achieve a beautiful finish. Its deep, dark appearance also provides an exceptional backdrop for the other elements of an interior design. In essence, walnut has the power to elevate any design to the highest expression of luxury.

Homeowners often favour natural walnut parquet for the warmth it brings to every room. Also known as black walnut, this wood is prized for its rich, warm palette, ranging from deep brown and chocolate tones to hues that verge on purple. Its knots and grain patterns often feature contrasting light and dark shades, creating a beautiful two-tone patina.

Walnut parquet is an exceptionally elegant choice for the home. Its deep, rich colour works particularly well in spacious interiors, where the flooring can become a defining design feature. It naturally draws the eye, captivating anyone who enters the room.

Walnut’s beauty also evolves with age. Over time, the wood gradually changes colour, developing a new depth and character. In this way, your interior grows and transforms with you, becoming more beautiful and personal over the years. Walnut parquet brings an enduring sense of luxury to any room.

The rich, walnut-toned colour of the floor radiates warmth, bringing a timeless, classic character to your home. Walnut parquet is an excellent choice if your furniture features darker tones. However, it also pairs beautifully with lighter-coloured furnishings, making it versatile enough to complement a wide range of interior styles.

Walnut is not as hard as some other wood species, however. For this reason, some designers consider it less durable than alternatives such as oak. This is where Morfloor engineered wood flooring comes into its own. Manufactured to high mechanical and structural standards, engineered parquet offers excellent dimensional stability and is particularly well suited to environments where humidity levels fluctuate. Its layered construction helps minimise the warping and shrinkage that can affect natural wood flooring.

The walnut wear layer in Morfloor engineered parquet is expertly crafted, giving every tile the individuality of a work of art. In recent years, engineered walnut parquet has grown significantly in popularity, bringing an exceptional combination of style and practicality to luxury homes across Iran. In short, walnut adds lasting value to your home. It can also enhance its appeal on the resale market. Long regarded as one of the finest choices in wood flooring, walnut is sure to impress guests, visitors, and prospective buyers alike.

Engineered walnut parquet is designed for long-term performance and, with proper care, can last for generations. Walnut heartwood also offers natural resistance to insect attack. Its engineered construction helps reduce the risk of damage caused by changes in humidity, making it a suitable option for homes in regions with higher humidity levels, provided the flooring is installed and maintained correctly.

Walnut parquet is relatively easy to maintain and does not require constant cleaning. Its natural characteristics, combined with the protective finish and engineered construction, help it perform well in everyday interior environments. Morfloor engineered walnut parquet combines exceptional design with richly expressive grain patterns throughout the surface. Its remarkable appearance can be tailored to your project through the wide range of finishes, tile dimensions, and thicknesses available in the Morfloor collection.

Walnut Speaks in Another Language of Nature

Choosing a walnut grade is not simply a matter of quality; it is a decision about how the wood will express itself within a space—from mysterious, dark uniformity to the vivid interplay of grain and shadow.

We have curated these grades for those who understand that wood, in every form, has a new story to tell.

The Boldness of Grain

A striking expression of contrast. The pronounced interplay of dark heartwood and lighter sapwood reveals an organic composition, unique in every piece. In this grade, the true character of walnut is laid bare, without restraint or embellishment a contrast conceived with remarkable ingenuity by nature itself.

The Softness of Light

The delicate boundary between heartwood and sapwood. A colour that embraces walnut’s warm reddish hues with exceptional subtlety, as though capturing the wood at its most translucent moment. The light grade reveals the refined structure of walnut in a seamless, continuous surface.

The Purity of Shadows

Where depth meets dignity. In this grade, the maturity of colour reaches its fullest expression: deep chocolate tones merge seamlessly into a uniform surface, free from visual distraction. A material in which colour takes precedence over grain.

Walnut: The Presence That Anchors a Space

This is not about colour; it is about the weight of presence.

Walnut belongs in spaces that have no need for decoration, but instead seek a sense of substance and gravitas.

The grandeur of this wood lies in its quietude: a material that brings a space together, lending it depth and a sense of permanence.

Nature’s beauty is defined by the irregularities inherent within it. The natural world is far less curated and selective than the world of design. The wood featured in the TAG Parquet Collection is, in the truest sense, a reflection of nature. TAG is created for those whose affinity with the natural world shapes their choices. From African padauk to Azerbaijani Oujamelch, every wood species used in the collection is graded in accordance with internationally recognised standards and crafted in carefully defined dimensions.

The TAG Collection also upholds Morfloor’s core principles, particularly its commitment to minimising waste through efficient timber cutting. The Tempo, Rectus, and Altus collections are the result of this philosophy. In TAG, parquet tile dimensions are kept as close as possible to the natural dimensions of the sawn timber.

We believe that every luxury product owes much of its distinction to the quality of its raw materials. Through the TAG Collection, we pay the utmost respect to the very essence of parquet flooring: wood itself.