Tulipwood

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For other uses, see Tulipwood (disambiguation).
North American tulipwood (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Hispano-Suiza H6 1924 Tulipwood

Most commonly, tulipwood is the greenish yellowish wood yielded from the

joinery and moldings
. It can also be stained very easily and is often used as a low-cost alternative to walnut and cherry in furniture and doors.

Other types

Brazilian tulipwood from Dalbergia decipularis

Brazilian

Brazilian tulipwood is a different species. A classic high-quality wood, it is very dense with a lovely figure. It is used for inlays in furniture and for small turned items. Available only in small sizes, it is rarely used in the solid for luxury furniture. Like other woods with a pronounced figure it is rather strongly subject to fashion.[citation needed]

In the nineteenth century Brazilian tulipwood was thought to be the product of the brazilian

Physocalymma scaberrimum (West Indian tulipwood), but in the twentieth century it became clear it was yielded by a species of Dalbergia.[2] At some point it was misidentified as Dalbergia frutescens, a misidentification which can still be found in books aimed at the woodworker. For some decades it has been known to be yielded by Dalbergia decipularis, a species restricted to a small area in Western-Brazil. But both Dalbergia fructescens and Dalbergia decipularis are named (Brazilian tulipwood).[3] Also Dalbergia cearensis kingwood or violetwood, is named tulipwood and Dalbergia oliveri the burmese rosewood is sometimes called "burma tulipwood".[citation needed
]

American tulipwood

The cheap, soft and pale wood from the tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera is known as American tulipwood or poplar and American whitewood, canary whitewood and canary wood, it is widely used.[4]

Australian

There also exists the "australian tulipwood", "tulipwood trees" the common name of

Guilfoylia monostylis are from Australia.[5][6][7][8]

Others

Also exists the tuliptrees,

Hibiscus elatus, these trees resp. their wood is also occasionally named tulipwood.[6][9]

References

  1. ^ Tulipwood published by Niche Timbers.
  2. ^ Record S.J., Clayton D.M.: Timbers of tropical America. Yale Univ. Press, 1924, p. 288, 455, online on babel.hathitrust.org.
  3. ^ Brazilian tulipwood on wood-database.com.
  4. ^ "Website". Exotic Wood Zone. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  5. ISBN 978-0-643-10784-7
    , p. 66, 100.
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4665-7681-0
    , p. 232, 338, 1206.
  7. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Drypetes deplanchei". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  8. ^ New South Wales. Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Session 1872–73, Vol. 2, 1873, p. 866.
  9. ^ The Agriculture News. Vol. XI, No. 274, 1911, online on biodiversitylibrary.org.
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