swarzia fistuloides, Fabaceae, Angiospermae (Hardwood)

Chatoyance was measured by the chatometry.com team using the PZC method. The statistics for this specific timber are hereby summarized to provide an evaluation of data robustness:
Number of sources for samples: 5
Number of individual trees analyzed: 5
Number of specimens: 9
Number of measurements: 30
Max PZC read (of all measurements): 13.6
Min PZC read (of all measurements): 7.8
Max PZC average on one log: 11.8
Min PZC average on one log: 8.6
PZC Average of all logs: 10.4
Species: swarzia fistuloides
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Angiospermae
Description: Swarzia fistuloides is a small to medium-sized tropical tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), featuring pinnate leaves and showy yellow flowers, typically with a single large petal. It produces distinctive, often woody, cylindrical pods.
Pictures – each from a different individual tree:





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