Specs
- Common Names
- Flamewood, Copperpod, Golden Flamboyant
- Scientific Name
- Peltophorum spp. (pterocarpum, dubium)
- Origin
- Southeast Asia and Australasia
- Appearance
- The lumber features a wavy, interlocked grain coupled with an indistinct sapwood. Random bursts of orange color follow the grain pattern. When the trunk is cross-cut, it’s mottled with small pockets of orange. When flat sawn, those orange pockets are elongated and flow with the grain pattern giving the lumber a look of flame in motion. Wavy, interlocked grain.
