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PRIMAVERA

Botanical Name: Cybistax donnellsmithii of the family Bignoniaceae
Trade or Common Name: Primavera, white mahogany, prima vera

Primavera is a large rainforest canopy tree, sometimes reaching to 100 feet in the natural rainforest, with a straight clear bole up to 3 or 4 feet in diameter. It has relatively smooth whitish bark and showy yellow flowers in large panicles.
Primavera is among the very fine cabinet woods of the world.
Primavera is a very beautiful wood, sometimes called white mahogany because of its beauty and similarity in appearance to mahogany, except primavera is lighter in color. It is creamy white to yellowish rose, sometimes tinted with pale brown or pinkish stripes.
Primavera is a premium blonde wood sought after for fine furniture and cabinetry, highly decorative and figured veneer, moldings, and high-class interior joinery.

Note: The sap of primavera rises and falls with the moon's phases versus the seasons.


 
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