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Cocobolo
 Cocobola (dalbergia
retusa): : A small to
medium-sized tree 45 to 60 ft high with trunk diameters of 20 to 24 in.;
usually of poor form.
General Wood Characteristics: Heartwood varies
from bright orange to deep red with attractive variegated stripes of
yellow, orange and black, darkening on exposure. Irregular and variable
grain with a fine texture; oily, without distinctive taste, odor slightly
pungent and fragrant when worked. Capable of an excellent finish. Very
stable once dry.
PRICE: $60.00
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Osage Orange
 Osage
Orange (maclura pomifera): A medium size tree with thorns which
grows in bottom lands. It attains a height of 60 feet and a diameter of 3
feet. The bark has an orange cast and was used in making kaki dye during
W.W.I. It produces large spherical fruits the size of large grapefruits in
the fall.
General Wood Characteristics: The sapwood of
Osage Orange is narrow and light yellow, while the heartwood is golden to
bright orange, which darkens upon exposure. The heartwood can also contain
red streaks. It has no characteristic odor or taste. The wood is very
hard, heavy, tough, resilient and takes a high luster. It is ring porous
and commonly confused with black locust (robinia pseudoacacia).
PRICE: $60.00
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Bocote
 Bocote
(cordia gerascanthus): A small to large tree, sometimes
100 ft. tall. In Mexico the trees are found in Tropical Dry zones with
precipitation of about 1,000 mm and up to 500 m elevations.
General Wood Characteristics: Heartwood
is yellow-brown with a green tinge when first cut, darkening on exposure
to a tobacco colored to reddish brown, with irregular dark brown or
blackish streaks and variegations, with more or less of an oily or waxy
appearance; rather sharply demarcated from the grayish or yellowish
sapwood. Luster variable; texture fine to medium, grain variable; scent
mildly fragrant, at least when fresh; can be brought to a very good
finish.
PRICE: $60.00
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African Blackwood
 African
Blackwood Rosewood(Dalbergia Melanoxylon):
Much branched, multi-stemmed small
tree usually 15 to 25 ft high, sometimes as much as 50 ft; bole short,
seldom cylindrical, often fluted; rarely over 1 ft in diameter. Has
an extensive range in savanna regions from Sudan southward to Mozambique,
westward to Angola, and then northward to Nigeria and Senegal.
General Wood Characteristics: Heartwood dark purplish brown
with black streaking; sharply demarcated from the narrow yellowish
sapwood. Texture fine and even; grain straight; luster low; slightly oily.
PRICE: $85.00
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Purpleheart
 Purpleheart
(peltogyne paniculata): Trees
grow to heights of 170 ft with diameters to 4 ft, but usually 1.5 to 3 ft;
boles are straight, cylindrical, and clear 60 to 90 ft above buttresses up
to 12 ft. high.
General Wood Characteristics: Heartwood brown when freshly cut
becoming deep purple upon exposure, eventually turning to a dark brown
sharply demarcated from the off-white sapwood. Texture medium to fine;
luster medium to high, variable; grain usually straight, sometimes wavy,
roey, or irregular; without distinctive odor or taste.
PRICE: $60.00
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Padauk
 Padauk
(pterocarpus dalgergiodes): Reaches a height of
100 to 130 ft, bole straight, cylindrical, and clear to 70 ft; trunk
diameters 2 to 4 ft, sometimes to 5 ft.
General Wood Characteristics: Heartwood vivid red when freshly cut
darkening to a purple brown on exposure; sapwood 4 to 8 in. wide, whitish
to brown yellow, distinct. Texture coarse; grain straight to interlocked;
lustrous; faint aromatic scent when freshly cut.
PRICE: $60.00
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Black Walnut
 Walnut
(juglans nigra): Black walnut trees reach heights of
120 ft (37 m), with a diameter of over 3 ft (1 m). Black walnut is
native to the eastern United States, from southern Minnesota east to
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York; south to South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama; west to Texas; and north through Oklahoma, Kansas,
Nebraska, and South Dakota.
General Wood Characteristics: The sapwood
of black walnut is nearly white, while the heartwood is straight grained,
light brown to dark chocolate brown, often with a purplish cast and darker
streaks. The wood is heavy, hard, and stiff and has high shock resistance;
polishes well and can be brought to a very good finish.
PRICE: $50.00
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