Stock List

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Bloodwood

Brosimum rubescens

Distribution:

French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela.

General Characteristics:

The heartwood colour varies from grey-red to deep rich blood red (thus the name), with a golden lustre and variegated yellow and red stripes. It reportedly does not change much with age.

Uses:

Fine furniture, and inlay work and also used as an accent wood for fancy box making as well as for billiard cue butts, drum sticks, xylophones, organ pipes, turnery, and marquetry.