Wood species / trade name: Red gum / American sweetgum, liquidambar, American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, Satin Walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, gumball tree, sweetgum
Botanical name: Liquidambar styraciflua
Red gum
Character / Color
This wood, whose scent has a touch of vanilla, is distinguished by its irregular grain, fine and uniform texture and silky luster. This walnut-tree-like wood has faint but nevertheless solid burls on the tangential surface and similar stripes on the radial surface. Occasionally variegated patterns can be found. The creamy white sapwood with a reddish element and the lustrous rosé to reddish-brown and gray heartwood are processed separately.
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