monkeypod?
Good call Mark. The end grain is certainly consistent with the one sample of Mora gonggrijpii that I have (I have none of Mora excela). I don't see either of them on Inside Wood and Eric lumps them together and has only one small laminated sample and his end grain doesn't look too much like mine or this mystery wood (his has no confluence). The interlocked grain of the Mora species is consistent with this mystery wood.
Not a bad guess based on both face and end grains but both are actually a bit off for monkey pod so I'd say extremely unlikely.
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Compared to the pictures and description here (http://www.wood-database.com/mora/) I find the color and especially end grain to be different. It does have a slight odor when being worked, though. Perhaps I can determine the density as another datum. The photos of Guatemalan Mora here (http://www.wood-database.com/guatemalan-mora/) seem to be a better match, but the end grain still appears to be different to my untrained eye.
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Yes, that's exactly what I just said. ("Eric" => The Wood Database)
Yeah, I didn't even bother to comment on that one from Eric since it also totally lacks confluence
As I said above, your sample is quite consistent with my own sample of Mora gonggrijpii
Look again, they are both on Inside Wood, just listed under about 5 or 6 other woods. Some of the pictures look like maybe, but a few look very good. As for Eric's sample, it does not look correct.
I'll be darned, I DID find Mora gonggrijpii but Mora excela isn't there. What link are you using? I'm looking at:
I just clicked on the desktop icon and typed the name 'Mora' in, and there they were...5th and 6th down.
The surface with the light and dark ribbon stripping that has orange to medium orange heartwood could fall along the spectrum of Cuban mahogany and dense Honduran mahogany. It could also be Khaya.
Is the wood oily and can you describe what kind of smell it has?
Is the wood oily and can you describe what kind of smell it has?
WHAT desktop. That's what I'm asking you. What link did you use? I just go directly to the page I show above and type in the botanical name and it gives me the micro shots.
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As I have already noted, the end grain rules out both of those. It's a good idea to read the posts in a thread before you reply.
Sorry, I have overlooked that Paul. Carry on....
Sorry Paul, follow you now. My desktop icon you installed for me, takes me to the Inside Wood home page. I use the search box on the right (versus the wood detail search box on the left) and enter Mora. The results page list 9 selections. I picked the 5th and 6th down. Click on the link and it takes you to the LUNA pictures.
So I guess from the Luna link it does not work directly....
Thanks Mark. Exceedingly weird behavior on that site. I get what you get now that I know how you did it, but it's even more weird than just not getting to one of the species from the page I normally use. It too long to type in but I'll poke around and see if I can formulate a coherent description of the site behavior. If I think it matters, I'll explain it, but right now it looks like just using the home page the way you do it better than using that page that I normally use.
OOPS. Turns out it's not so weird after all if you just spell things correctly. As stated above, I was asking it to find Mora excela which is not the same as Mora excelsa