Granadillo Wood
It is used for both veneers and lumber and can be figured.
Granadillo wood. Shop for Granadillo Characteristics of Granadillo. The heartwood color is a dark reddish brown. Texture Fine to medium texture with high luster.
Such instability causes tuning to go wacko and the clarinet can feel blown out after only a short time of playing. Wood darkens to Rosewood colors. Zygia pithecolobioides Granadillo de Rio a tree species in the legume family Fabaceae.
Dense straight and closed grain structure combine to produce bright tap tone with good sustain. The wood is exceptionally heavy. Classical guitar makers later borrowed it and have been using it for at least 50 years.
INCLUDES 1 WOOD BLANK several blanks are shown to indicate the range of colorgrain to expect. The sapwood is clearly distinct from the heartwood and is almost white in color. The wood is exceptionally heavy.
Granadillo is informally considered a type of rosewood. Brya ebenus a species of flowering tree native to Cuba and Jamaica. Wood Type Tropical exotic hardwood.
It weighs much more than Hard maple or Teak in the green or seasoned. It is hard and superior to Teak and probably Mahogany. Similar to Cocobolo another name for Granadillo is Mexican Rosewood.