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2. Pterocarpus indicus - Wikipedia

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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 native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor ...

3. Burls on trees are mysterious and valuable. Let them grow ...

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   Burl wood will often have unique swirling patterns that you can’t find in regular wood. But, like those geodes you buy for your kids that may or may not have crystals growing inside, you won’t ...

4. Burl - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Pterocarpus - Wikipedia

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   [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.

6. Amboyna - Wikipedia

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   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

7. Treen - Wikipedia

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   The snarled and interlaced grain of a burl makes the resulting objects stronger and less likely to split. [9] They were strong enough to be passed down over generations. [ 10 ] A variety of trees produce burls, but almost all North American burl treen (upwards of ninety percent) is made from black ash .