Comments on: Narra http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/narra/ By Woodworkers, For Woodworkers. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Luo, Jiayan http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/narra/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Luo, Jiayan Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:15:24 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?p=630#comment-33 excuse me, I watched the veneer and made judge that the veneer is not Narra(Pterocarpus indicus). it is similar to Sapele veneer. excuse me, I watched the veneer and made judge that the veneer is not Narra(Pterocarpus indicus). it is similar to Sapele veneer.

]]> By: Paul Pisarek http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/narra/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Paul Pisarek Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:52:52 +0000 http://www.wood-database.com/?p=630#comment-5 Most of this is scrounged via cut and paste from other websites but is what I found interesting about this wood Narra Pterocarpus indi Family: Leguminosae (legume The Pea Family) Other Names: Burmese rosewood, Andaman redwood, and kiabooca wood. Distribution: Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Australia. The Tree: It is a large deciduous tree growing up to 130 feet tall, with a trunk up to 6 ½’ in diameter. The trunk of the tree is surrounded (or, occasionally, supported) by huge buttresses extending outward and upward for about 15 feet; these are sometimes made into tabletops, the pattern of the grain and the coloring being hardly equaled by any other timber. Flowers are slightly fragrant clusters of yellow or orange-yellow petals. The Wood: Usually red or rose color, it is sometimes variegated with yellow. The wood is termite resistant and naturally fragrant. A dense wood it weighs in at 40 lb/ft3. Given its ability to take a high polish, it is often finely sliced to produce an extremely decorative veneer. It is also used in a wide variety of musical instruments from violins to the keys on a marimba. Other Facts: A small chip of the wood placed in water soon takes on an opalescent color because of a substance in the wood cells. The leaves are supposedly good for waxing and polishing brass and copper. In folk medicine, it is used to combat tumors, and was widely used in the 16th and 18th century as a diuretic The flower is used as a honey source while leaf infusions are used as shampoos. Both flowers and leaves were said to be eaten. Most of this is scrounged via cut and paste from other websites but is what I found interesting about this wood

Narra
Pterocarpus indi
Family: Leguminosae (legume The Pea Family)

Other Names: Burmese rosewood, Andaman redwood, and kiabooca wood.
Distribution: Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Australia.

The Tree: It is a large deciduous tree growing up to 130 feet tall, with a trunk up to 6 ½’ in diameter. The trunk of the tree is surrounded (or, occasionally, supported) by huge buttresses extending outward and upward for about 15 feet; these are sometimes made into tabletops, the pattern of the grain and the coloring being hardly equaled by any other timber. Flowers are slightly fragrant clusters of yellow or orange-yellow petals.
The Wood: Usually red or rose color, it is sometimes variegated with yellow. The wood is termite resistant and naturally fragrant. A dense wood it weighs in at 40 lb/ft3. Given its ability to take a high polish, it is often finely sliced to produce an extremely decorative veneer. It is also used in a wide variety of musical instruments from violins to the keys on a marimba.

Other Facts: A small chip of the wood placed in water soon takes on an opalescent color because of a substance in the wood cells.
The leaves are supposedly good for waxing and polishing brass and copper.
In folk medicine, it is used to combat tumors, and was widely used in the 16th and 18th century as a diuretic
The flower is used as a honey source while leaf infusions are used as shampoos.
Both flowers and leaves were said to be eaten.

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