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Description
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Most commonly, tulipwood is the yellowish greenish wood yielded from
the
tuliptree, found on the Eastern side of North America and also in some parts
of China. In the United States, it is commonly known as tulip poplar or yellow
poplar, even though the tree is not related to the
poplars. In fact, the reference to poplar is a result of the tree's height,
which can exceed 100 feet. The wood is very light, around 490kg per cubic meter[1],
but very strong and is used in many applications, including furniture, 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
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.
In the nineteenth century Brazilian tulipwood was thought to be the product
of Physocalymma scaberrima, but in the twentieth century it became clear
it was yielded by a species of
Dalbergia.
At some point it was misidentified as
Dalbergia frutescens var. tomentosa, 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
Brazil.
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