Primarily a Mexican wood, this medium density wood is fairly fine-textured with a straight open grain and colors that range from light brown to chocolate, sometimes with streaks of red or brown. It's easy to work and takes a fairly high natural polish.
my samples:
plank and closeup
small plank (and end grain) cut from the larger plank directly above and sanded for this pic
end grain closeup of the piece directly above
NOT a raw wood color flooring sample with a hard shiny finish that deepens and enriches the color. This was listed as "Caribbean walnut" which is just a made-up name in the flooring trade, which also used the made-up names "Mayan" and "Aztec" walnut for tzalam; outside of the flooring industry, none of these names exist.
the same piece as directly above but with the finish sanded off
both sides of a plank
closeup of the plank directly above, and an angled shot that shows nicely how open the pores are
plank and closeup
plank and closeup
planks
web pics
flooring w/ wet and dry sections (or, possibly, with two different finished, one dark and one lighter)
planks, mostly flat cut
set of planks all from the same vendor
plank with color that is more green than my experience with this wood
quartersawn plank
plank with mineral stain
listed as a burl
flooring (none of these are raw wood)
all of the pics from here down are from the BogusColorVendor and I am quite confident that the strong orange color is just their standard dishonesty.
planks
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup
both sides of a plank and a closeup --- this one was listed as "golden" tzalam, but as far as I am aware that's just a marketing term made up by the BogusColorVendor
both sides of a plank and a closeup --- these seem to have been produced by an honest photographer (their regular guy must have been out sick that day)
NOT a raw wood color
