Exotic Wood monkey pod

WOOD ID POSTER:
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MONKEY POD

< botanical name totally ambiguous >
There are at least 6, and probably more, totally unrelated species that use this common name and I have not the slightest clue what any of the pics below might be except as specifically listed. Interestingly, although all of the species are of different genera, most of them have the specific epithet samen, which I am sure is signicant to a botanist, but I have not researched what significance it might have for a woodworker. It is possible that there is none --- that is, the characteristics that cause botanists to give the specific epithet samen to the various unrelated speces probably have to do with external characterists of the tree (e.g. leaf shape) and have no bearing on the characteristics of the lumber.

web pics:

flat cut and quartersawn

planks

planks listed as monkey pod / Pithecellobium saman

plank listed as carreto / Pithecellobium saman --- however, I just realized that this pic was lifted from the one at the top of the "web pics" section (but not by me ... I got the pics from different web pages) and cropped. The one at the top of the page was just listed as monkey pod with no botanical designation.