From: david gudmunsen (kroctec@btopenworld.com)
Date: Mon Jul 25 2005 - 20:24:00 PDT
Re identification of timber and taxonomy in general.
Taxonomy (the science of classification leading to specific names) is a fast
moving and often contraversial science.
If you don't have further information then beyond recognising the family it
is often a case of microscope viewing of sample to determine the exact
species of most plants, even then crosses and hybrids can be very tricky.
Best regards from David Gudmunsen
on 7/26/05 02:03, Joe Foley at redmenaced@yahoo.com wrote:
> Yeah, but can you actually identify WHICH of these it
> really is?
>
> Mohagony or Luan of some type would be close enough.
>
> Joe
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> --- david gudmunsen <kroctec@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Stu
>>
>> Whilst Erik suggested the use of oak I would say
>> that oak has a tendency to
>> splintering. You might consider the use of Keruing
>> [Dipterocarpus
>> costulatus, Dipterocarpus sublamellatus,
>> Dipterocarpus cornutus,
>> Dipterocarpus warburgii, Dipterocarpus spp,
>> Dipterocarpus crinitus,
>> Dipterocarpus apterus, Dipterocarpus lowii,
>> Dipterocarpus verrucosus,
>> Dipterocarpus gracilis, Dipterocarpus acutangulus,
>> Dipterocarpus
>> grandiflorus AKA: yang, Malaysian keruing,
>> Indonesian keruing, Sarawak
>> keruing, kruen, apitong, Sabah gurjun] But for
>> environmental reasons please
>> try and find some used timber as it is an endagered
>> species.
>>
>> Wenge (Millettia laurentii, Millettia stuhlmannii
>> [AKA: panga panga,
>> palissandre du Congo, dikela (Zaire)] would be a
>> good choice and more
>> readily available.
>>
>> Best regards from David Gudmunsen
>>
>> Contact me off list and I can tell you for ever
>> about timbers.
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