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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. What I BELIEVE I show below is a South American wood that is used almost exclusively for flooring and heavy construction (dock pilings, etc.).

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.

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web pics:


plank


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


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