Canarywood (Centrolobium spp)

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Canarywood Characteristics

Medium texture and weight with open pores. Easy to work with both hand tools and power tools. Turns crisply and takes a high natural polish.

Color Range

The very irregular color ranges from yellow to orange with streaks of red, purple and black.

Other Names

Canary, Tarara Amarilla

Some Typical Uses

Furniture, doors, flooring, interior millwork, turning, some musical instruments, small accessories.

What's the Tree Like?

A medium sized to large well-formed tree; generally up to 100 feet high with diameters of 30-50''; commonly to heights of 40 feet and diameters up to 16''. Narrow buttresses.

Canarywood grows in

Latin America; Brazil, Bolivia