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BLACKBEAN

Castanospermum australe
I've only seen the veneer on this Australian species and as you can see from my pics what I've bought has a nice curly figure but judging from the web pics, the curl is not pervasive in the species.

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my samples:


curly veneer

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web pics:


planks


veneer


listed as "Australian" blackbean veneer, but this is an Australian species, so the "Australian" in the designation is superfluous.