Exotic Wood granadillo

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GRANADILLO

botanical name unknown
another wood where I have some confusion, possibly because of similar names, possibly because of a plethory of subspecies. In any event, I will attempt to get more information.

Uh, well ... OK, I HAVE attempted to get more information and what I have ended up with is a splitting headache. This name seems to be used for just about more unrelated woods than any other name I can find, and that's saying something, given the wild overuse of some common names.

The number of species using this name runs to the dozens (and from at least 6 or 8 different genera that I'm immediately aware of, and possibly quite a few more) and the number of alternate common names for various woods that use this name runs to at least 200.

I just don't know what to make of it.

my samples:

plank and end grain

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

two small turning sticks.

two more turning sticks and end grain

plank and closeup

smaller piece cut from the plank directly above and fine-sanded (also the end grain of the same piece)

both sides of a plank and one closeup --- directly below are some shots of a piece cut off of this plank and fine-sanded

plank and end grain --- this was cut from the larger plank directly above

end grain closeup of the piece directly above

one side (angled view, also showing some of the top), and a closeup of that side, of the plank directly above

the other side (angled view, also showing some of the top), and a closeup of that side, of the plank directly above

the same piece as shown in the pics above, but this time dry and wet (with water) side by side to show how a finishing agent is likely to enrich the color of the wood.