RAIN TREE (Samanea saman)
This average hardwood has a straight grain and rather coarse texture
and easy to carve.
Rain tree is a native of South America, but has been dispersed throughout
the tropics for at least 100 years. Because the trunk is huge in mature
trees, rain tree is suitable for creating very large statues. A fast-growing
and easily replaceable wood, it is the favored wood of importers outside
of the tropics because the crisscrossed, interlocking grain keeps
the wood from cracking when moved to other climates. It can be finished
to a fairly high gloss.
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