Hibiscus Taiwanensis

[Byron Barker]

The city cut down some coastal hibiscus outside my home. The larger pieces had this ebony black heartwood. It seems like it’ll be spalted and unfortunately full of blue stain once seasoned, but I’m curious how the black will hold up. Sealed with polyurethane in the pics.

 

[Kalai]

Wow, that is a nice piece of wood, here in Hawaii we have what we call Hau, (Hibiscus tileaceus) and it looks a lot like what you have. I really like Hau. Thanks for posting the picture. Aloha.

Kalai

 

[Byron Barker]

Wow, that is a nice piece of wood, here in Hawaii we have what we call Hau, (Hibiscus tileaceus) and it looks a lot like what you have. I really like Hau. Thanks for posting the picture. Aloha.

Kalai

I actually thought this species was tileaceus, but the plant ID app on my phone pulled up this Taiwanese sub species. The flowers on it are very yellow. I noticed the tileaceus has more orangish blossoms. Is that how it looks in your area? Does it also have this color heartwood? If so, does the color stay black as it seasons? B

 

[phinds]

What's the diameter of the piece shown?

 

[Mr. Peet]

Wow, that is a nice piece of wood, here in Hawaii we have what we call Hau, (Hibiscus tileaceus) and it looks a lot like what you have. I really like Hau. Thanks for posting the picture. Aloha.

Kalai

The city cut down some coastal hibiscus outside my home. The larger pieces had this ebony black heartwood. It seems like it’ll be spalted and unfortunately full of blue stain once seasoned, but I’m curious how the black will hold up. Sealed with polyurethane in the pics.

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I appear to be missing both of those species from the wood collection....

 

[chatometry]

The city cut down some coastal hibiscus outside my home. The larger pieces had this ebony black heartwood. It seems like it’ll be spalted and unfortunately full of blue stain once seasoned, but I’m curious how the black will hold up. Sealed with polyurethane in the pics.

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Did you use any of this stuff? How does it look like once dry?
Thanks
Paolo

 

[Byron Barker]

Did you use any of this stuff? How does it look like once dry?
Thanks
Paolo

Just sitting on the shelf. I am sending some to a few members, but haven't been able to ship anything in the last few months so it hasn't happened yet. The ends look the exact same as when I cut it, so the color seems to be holding up just fine. It was really strange running into this wood. It is all around me on the beach, but I have never seen one cut that had this sort of coloration going on.

 

[chatometry]

Thank you.
At some point I'd be happy to buy some samples from this and other species.
Paolo

 

[Mike Hill]

Same here.