blackwood, malaysian

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BLACKWOOD, MALAYSIAN

Diospyros spp.

Diospyros spp. of the family Ebenaceae

The name Diospyros ebonasea is sometimes seen as a botanical name for this wood, but that name is not supported by The Plant List, even as an "unaccepted" name, so I am leary of it. All of the professional sample vendors that I am aware of just use the "Diospyros spp." designation for this wood.

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 Malaysian blackwood / Diospyros spp. --- 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

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

both sides of a sample plank of Malasian blackwood / Diospyros spp. --- 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

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

web pics:

all of the pics in this section of this page are of wood that was listed as "malaysian blackwood", Since all of these are from the BogusColorVendor I am confident that the orange color in the sapwood is bogus (massively oversaturated, as they usually do).