Anybody familiar with queenwood?

[Louis Williams]

I have some queenwood I'm going to turn. I was wondering if anyone has turned it, and whether you like it. Also, where is it from?
Lou Williams

 

[n7bsn]

The Queenwood I am familiar with came from Amazon region of Peru (via Jim King if that name means anything to you)

The wood I have is dark, heavily spalted and still wet. It appears to behave about as well as any wet tropical wood.

Now that being said, what you have could easily be a completely different wood.

TTFN
Ralph

 

[fgvanatta]

I have turned the Peruvian Queenwood; it is very pretty but also very prone to cracking.

 

[Louis Williams]

I assume we're talking about the same wood. That is, a part cream color and a part deep maroon color. It' really quite beautiful.

 

[n7bsn]

Maybe. From some quick digging Queenwood (Peru) is Swartzia ?

I have Queenwood Dark which is Swartzia leiocalycina

But not all Swartzia is Queenwood

Swartzia arborescens one type of Dalmatan
Swartzia benthamiana? Royal wood

(found from a post by Jim King)

 

[fgvanatta]

I assume we're talking about the same wood. That is, a part cream color and a part deep maroon color. It' really quite beautiful.

Same wood, same color.

 

[n7bsn]

I found some examples, either this is Queenwood or this is

 

[Louis Williams]

The first pic is the wood I have. Beautiful wood.

Thanks, guys!