Weinmannia trichosperma of the family Cunoniaceae. Native to Chile.
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 tineo / Weinmannia trichosperma --- HUGE enlargements are present
end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above
both sides of a sample plank of tineo / Weinmannia trichosperma --- 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
both sides of a sample plank of tineo / Weinmannia trichosperma --- 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
This veneer sheet was loaned to me by John Koehn whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.
tineo veneer pics contributed by Danny Tjan, whom I thank for these and other contributions to the site.
web pics:
plank with moistened section, and a closeup
slab listed as Chilean tineo which is a bit redundant since the wood is native to Chile
slab
planks
bookmatched planks
planks listed as tineo / indian apple
bowl blanks
waxed turning stock
waxed turning stock end grain
scales
veneer with web and dry sections
bookmatched veneer
panel of bookmatched veneer
veneer
tineo bookmatched veneer
veneer listed as tineo / Weinmannia trichosperma
veneer all from the same vendor. The last two pieces have a wet area in the middle
veneer all from the same vendor
veneer all from the same vendor
starburst veneer matched for table top
pen blanks
bowl blanks all from the same vendor
Pics from the BogusColorVendor so the colors, as is always the case with this vendor, are almost certainly grossly exaggerated.