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Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
[6] [7] The wood from the narra tree and the Burmese padauk tree (P. macrocarpus) is marketed as amboyna when it has grown in the burl form. [8] The scientific name is Latinized Ancient Greek and means "wing fruit", referring to the unusual shape of the seed pods in this genus.
Amboyna or amboina may refer to: Amboyna, a play by John Dryden; Amboyna massacre, in 1623 in Indonesia; Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), of Asia; Amboina king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis), of Indonesia; Amboyna, a moth genus; Amboyna burl of Pterocarpus trees; Ambon Island, sometimes named Amboyna, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
Burl formation is typically a result of some form of stress such as an injury or a viral or fungal infection. Burls yield a very peculiar and highly figured wood sought after in woodworking, and some items may reach high prices on the wood market. Poaching of burl specimens and damaging the trees in the process poses a problem in some areas.
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The simple-looking "Duval" cabinet, pictured below, designed in 1924 and probably made in 1926, is made of Brazilian rosewood, ivory, amboyna burl, mahogany, oak, and little plywood. The "Tibittant" desk by Ruhlmann illustrated below, made in 1923, is a fall-leaf desk with a core of plywood covered with oak, poplar, mahogany, and Macassar ebony ...
Burl is the given name of: Burl Barer (born 1947), American author and literary historian best known for his work on the character of Simon Templar, aka "the Saint" Burl Cain, warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary (also known as Angola) Burl Jaybird Coleman (1896–1950), American country blues harmonica player, guitarist and singer
Although more commonly a feminine given name, it has been used in the past as a masculine name, predominantly in the United States. Use as a male name likely comes from a variant spelling of the surname Burrell, whose seeming root is the Old French bovre, a reddish-brown woolen fabric with the resultant name denoting a worker in the wool trade.