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GREENHEART

botanical name unclear
This name is used for woods from at least a dozen different genera, so it's pretty much meaningless and I've just dumped onto this page anything that is identified as greenheart.

In the USA, if you see the name greenheart, there is a good chance that it refers to ipe, but that's certainly not necessarily the case. Ipe has its own page on this site.

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 greenheart / Chlorocardium rodiei --- HUGE enlargements are present. Chlorocardium rodiei is a synonym for


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above


both sides of a sample plank of greenheart / Ocotea rodiei --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. The labeled side is raw but the 2nd side has been sanded to 240 grit. Ocotea rodiei is a synonym for Chlorocardium rodiei. I note that the vendor of this sample (who is somewhat unreliable about names) has mis-spelled the specific epithet as rodioei.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above


both sides of a sample plank of greenheart / Ocotea rodioei --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. Ocotea rodiei is a synonym for Chlorocardium rodiei. I note that the vendor of this sample (who is somewhat unreliable about names) has mis-spelled the specific epithet as rodioei.


end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above


END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

web pics:

planks


both sides of a plank and a closeup. These are from the BogusColorVendor so the colors are unlikely


planks listed as greenheart / Chlorocardium rodiei


plank listed as greenheart / Ocotea rodiei (a synonym for Cholorocardium rodiei)


plank listed as greenheart / Tecoma chrysantha (a synonym for Handroanthus chrysanthus)


flooring --- you would think that the flooring people would have figured out that apparently using nails in this wood causes stains to spread in the wood.


paneling


bowls by Bryan Nelson (NelsonWood). Bryan fine-polishes his bowls with 1200 or even higher grit sandpaper while they are spinning at high speed on the lathe and then finishes them there with a friction polish of his own devising, thus achieving a shine and color vibrancy that is beautiful to behold.


pen turned from greenheart / Chlorocardium rodiei. Photograph contributed to the site by the pen turner, Bruce Selyem, whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. The pen is finished with shellwax.