Pterygota spp. of the family: Sterculiaceae, the cacao family (recently this family was included in the extended Malvaceae, the mallow family)
A light-colored wood from Africa
My thanks to Paul van Rijckevorsel for this summary
my samples:
veneer
quartersawn veneer exhibiting substantial ray flakes.
web pics:
planks
plank with prominent ray flakes
quartersawn plank
plank listed as "lacy" koto --- I have not otherwise seen that designation and I don't see the wood as being "lacy" in any significant way although the pic is so poor it's hard to tell
veneer
listed as quartersawn veneer although the 2nd one does not look quartersawn to me
listed as koto veneer but I'm not familiar with a ribbon stripe variety, so find this suspect. This looks exactly like several other ribbon stripe woods (such as sapele and/or chen) with the color misrepresented
