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BERLINIA

Berlinia spp.
Berlinia spp. of the family Fabaceae (syn. Leguminosae) the legume, pea, or bean family; includes at least Berlinia acuminata, Berlinia auriculata, Berlinia bracteosa, Berlinia confusa, Berlinia grandiflora, and Berlinia niembaensis, and I have no idea which of them are represented on this page unless specifically listed with a pic.

my samples: NOTE: these pics were all taken in very bright incandescent lighting ("soft white" at 2700K) colors will vary under other lighting conditions

both sides of a sample plank of ebiara / Berlinia grandiflora --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. "ebiara" is one of at least 30 common names used for this species.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above


both sides of a sample plank of berlinia (ebaria) / Berlinia grandiflora --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above


both sides of a sample plank of berlinia (ebaria) / Berlinia grandiflora --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above


both sides of a sample plank of berlinia (sold as ebiara) / Berlinia grandiflora --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above


both sides of a sample plank of berlinia (sold as ebiara) / Berlinia bracteosa --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

web pics:

planks


planks listed as ebaria / Berlinia bracteosa. These are from the BogusColorVendor so I don't have much faith in the color but I think it's probably not too far off this time.


set of planks and a closeup --- listed as berlinia / ebiara (an alternate common name / berlinia spp. --- I suspect that the color on these pics is likely more rich than the wood actually is, OR they have been moistened for the pics


berlinia planks photographed by Michael Lempert, whom I thank for providing the pics. The first show shows the plank in the sun with wet/dry setions and the second shows it in the shade. The last shot is the edge grain. The enlargements on all these are QUITE large.


planks listed as poculi / Berlinia grandifolora


planks listed as Berlinia bracteosa


scales


bookmatched quartersawn veneer