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Article: Paldao Offers a High-End Veneer Source.(tree native to Philippines)(Brief Article)
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- Wood & Wood Products
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- October 1, 2000
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PALOAO, of the species Dracontomelum dao, grows naturally in the East Inches and Indochina and is one of the 3,000 kinds of trees native to the Philippines. While the Philippine mahoganies are probably the best known of the exported trees from that country, paldao is prized as a veneer that is used all over the world for fine furniture.
Paldao's heartwood is a gray to red-brown color often with a greenish tinge. Its grain pattern can be varied, going from straight to interlocked or wavy. The wood can yield crotch patterns, swirls or irregular striping, sometimes with bold black stripes.
"It is an exotic veneer," says Rick Banas of Interwood Forest ...