Mystery tropical hardwood identification

[RobArb]

leadwood is combretum imperbe

genuine lignum is guayacum officianle

vera wood/argentine lignum is bulnesia sarmientoi

african blackwood is dalbergia melanoxylon

cocobolo is dalbergia retusa

kingwood is dalbergia cearensis

 

both the lignum species are from the same family called the zygophilaceae hence they have similar characteristics.

 

i may have spelled their names wrong and thats because i "am" reciting from memory and not copying from the web.

 

 

 

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Awesome:thumbup:

[muttley9050]

Steve, I've been thinking, you might enjoy a little test, I have a rather large selection of tropical woods and rare Europeans, maybe I could give you a little pop quiz, and just maybe, you maybe interested in a little negotiation as part payment for our upcoming tuition? Lots of tree Id practice threads, but not many lumber id practice threads. Impressed with the knowledge by the way!

[se7enthdevil]

thanks for the praise fellas, i do pride myself on being a total nerd on the subject but am well aware that i can learn a new timber everyday for the rest of my life and i'll still not know them all. i'm pretty good on the comercial and hobby ones though.

 

i'm all up for your pop quiz if big j doesn't mind hijacking the thread unless you start a new one. some rare bit as part payment is a posobility but it'll depent what you've got...

[Big J]

Hijack away! It will be, as they say, educational!

[aswales]

Been following this thread, grain and colour fits cocobolo - range of colours, density sounds about right - should sink in water. Timber should be naturally oily, is it ?, more difficult to glue ? Fancy making some musical instruments ?

[Woodworks]

Just seen this thread.

 

Had a look through my exotics sample box. The darker pictures (1 and 3) look similar to Honduras rosewood but the picture 2 with the reddish colour is a perfect match to my Padauk sample. I have only cut Padauke once many years ago and I think it was very orange when freshly cut and mellowed quite quickly. The sample of Cocabolo I have is not a good match but no two trees are exactly the same so would not want to bet my life on any of the above.

[youcallthatbig]

personally, bubinga would be my first call, but I have never seen it with the yellows in it, if its paduak, it would be the andeman, not, African, but then it would have a very distinctive sweet smell when being worked, and I am pretty sure it would not sink in water.

Just my 2p's worth..........

[muttley9050]

My money is not on paduak, I have some and Its nothing like that.also smells like strong incence when cutting. Checked an oftcut and it floats.

[Woodworks]

My money is not on paduak, I have some and Its nothing like that.also smells like strong incence when cutting. Checked an oftcut and it floats.

 

Ah missed the bit about it sinking in water.

[se7enthdevil]

i must admit i do remember seeing a bit of bubinga that had a grain not too dissimilar from the dry pics but the givaway is the pore structure, bubinga's is not like that in the pictures provided and anyway it looks alot like the pore structure of rosewood.

 

i have seen old bits of brazilian tulipwood look not unlike the log cut up but its only just on the cusp of being able to sink. big j said it was not that fragrent and tulipwood has a very pungent smell so i doubt it is tulipwood.

cocobolo casn be very fragrent if it wants but i've had some bits that didnt smell at all.

 

 

where's this test then muttley?