Also called abiurana, this is a pale yellow wood from the Amazon region, used for furniture and heavy construction. Fine texture and straight (sometimes intelocked) grain, reportedly very heavy.
my samples: (colors are accurate)
veneer
veneer sheet and closeup
web pics
planks
veneer
veneer with dubious colors
veneer from a vendor who makes many woods look green regardless of what color they actually are
veneer, all from the same vendor
veneer closeups that have both level of enlargement and the grain shows up nicely on the largest enlargement. This veneer was not marked as "fiddleback" or curly or anything, but most of it clearly is.
fiddleback veneer --- the green colored pieces are from a vendor who makes lots of species look green whether they are or not
fiddleback veneer --- the purple color is just silly
