albizia lophantha, 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: 2
Number of individual trees analyzed: 5
Number of specimens: 14
Number of measurements: 42
Max PZC read (of all measurements): 19.1
Min PZC read (of all measurements): 14.3
Max PZC average on one log: 18.1
Min PZC average on one log: 16.7
PZC Average of all logs: 17.2
Species: albizia lophantha
Family: Fabaceae
Clade: Angiospermae
Description: A fast-growing, small tree or large shrub featuring fern-like, bipinnately compound leaves. It produces distinctive creamy-yellow, bottlebrush-like flower spikes, followed by flattened, papery seed pods.
Pictures – each from a different individual tree:





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