Lacewood Explained

Lacewood is a common name for the wood produced from a number of different trees, with mostly a striking appearance of their "lace-wood", which gets its name from the lace like pattern: These include:

• Allanblackia floribunda, Allanblackia parviflora, West African trees
• Cardwellia sublimis, an Australian tree
• Elaeocarpus bojeri, "bois dentelle", due to the unique patterns of its flowers
• Euplassa pinnata, Euplassa cantareirae, trees from northeastern South america
• Firmiana papuana, a tree from New Guinea
• Grevillea robusta, an East Australian tree
• Lagetta lagetto, a Caribbean tree, lacebark tree, lace tree, "bois dentelle", the inner bark is formed of reticulated fibres so as to resemble a coarse kind of lace.
• Macadamia spp., Australian trees
• Monoon oblongifolium (Syn.: Polyalthia oblongifolia) Mempisang, a Philppinean tree, yellow lacewood
• Platanus spp.; Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Platanus × hispanica London plane ^[1]
• Panopsis spp.; Panopsis rubescens and Panopsis sessilifolia^[2]
• Roupala montana, Roupala cordialis Leopardwood, brazilian lacewood, South American lacewood, Ropala lacewood
• Sterculia shillinglawii, a tree from New Guinea

See also

• • Lacebark Lacebark tree

Notes and References

1. Book: Lincoln, William A . World Woods in Colour . 1986 . Stobard Davies Ltd . Hertford UK . 0-85442-028-2.
2. Web site: Lacewood . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160726220924/http://www.wood-database.com:80/lumber-identification/hardwoods/lacewood . 2016-07-26 . The Wood Database.