Got some wood today....need some help on identification. The tree was S.E. of Portland, Oregon, in a back yard, so it may have started life in a pot at some nursery. The tree was cut down very recently. It was about 50' tall, and It had a canopy and bark similar to a Maple, but there the similarity ends. The leaves look much like Black Walnut. The main trunk, approximately 3' in diameter, rose some5', then branched to two or three major limbs of about 12" to 18" diameter. The tree has a shape very much an Oak. The leaves, when wiped with the hand, impart a not disagreeable odor briefly. The wood has nice coloration, browns in the heart, running to yellows toward the bark. Rather large (1/2") pith, cuts nice with the chainsaw whether crosscutting or ripping. Growth rings on main trunk about 1/2" apart. Owner says it was planted some 30 years ago, and he calls it "Paradise Tree". It had small seeds which were very prolific but tree did not sucker. Could find no reference on the net or in my woods library. Anybody turn this before and do you have further info?? 
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