Yellow fiddle wood

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20th September 2006, 06:13 PM
davo453

Yellow fiddle wood

Has anyone heard of this timber?

Seems I have some planted on my property.

Cheers

Dave
20th September 2006, 07:09 PM
gazaly

Do the trees look anything like this:

http://www.istop.com/~jpoushay/fiddle.jpg

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
20th September 2006, 07:31 PM
davo453

No, I think thats Red fiddle wood :D
20th September 2006, 07:55 PM
ozwinner

Quote:

Originally Posted by davo453

Seems I have some planted on my property.

Cheers

Dave

Maybe someone is having you one? :D

Al :rolleyes: :cool:
20th September 2006, 08:12 PM
Flowboy

See if it fruits yellow fiddles, could be a good cash crop. Might need to plant some cat gut creeper though.
20th September 2006, 09:35 PM
gazaly

Quote:

Originally Posted by davo453

No, I think thats Red fiddle wood :D

This better:

http://users.bigpond.net.au/GazAly/temp/Untitled-1.jpg

:D :cool: :D :cool: :D
21st September 2006, 10:12 AM
Wizened of Oz

Could it be Fiddlewood, Citharexylum spinosum, native to West Indies?
Bright green foliage turning a pink/orange colour in spring. It would be semi-deciduous in your area. New branch growth is initially square in section.
Has been fairly popular as an ornamental in warm areas, but generally too large for suburban yards.
21st September 2006, 12:14 PM
Bleedin Thumb

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wizened of Oz

Could it be Fiddlewood, Citharexylum spinosum, native to West Indies?
Bright green foliage turning a pink/orange colour in spring. It would be semi-deciduous in your area. New branch growth is initially square in section.
Has been fairly popular as an ornamental in warm areas, but generally too large for suburban yards.

Also a real pest as far as the roots getting into drains and dropping lots of leaves & flowers. Very popular ornimental in the 70 & 80's but a bit out of favour now.

I cant find anythink about the trimber quality but you can't judge it by its common name, there are more fiddlewoods than you can poke a horse haired bow at. Might be time to experiment.:rolleyes:
21st September 2006, 12:53 PM
Wizened of Oz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bleedin Thumb

Also a real pest as far as the roots getting into drains and dropping lots of leaves & flowers. Very popular ornimental in the 70 & 80's but a bit out of favour now.

Forgot about that aspect of it. We run a plant propagation nursery here and I don't remember being asked for it in more than 20 years.
Little wonder.
22nd September 2006, 01:18 AM
goodwoody

WisenedOf oZ

What type of plants do you propogate? Hardwoods/softwoods ?

I'm looking for quite a few for farm Forestry. Damien.
25th September 2006, 12:09 PM
Wizened of Oz

Hi, Damien
Haven't looked in here for a couple of days. Actually got three whole days in the shed. Then footy semis at night.
Sorry to leave your question hanging. Will send a PM right away.
25th September 2006, 08:22 PM
dirtgirl

vitex gaumerii

Hi Dave, fiddlewood is a tropical timber, uses include furniture, tool handles, generally pale yellow with a fine interwoven grain
cheers, M

ps check out website
http://www.ecologic.org/downloads/tr...0fiddlewood%22
26th September 2006, 12:37 AM
Buzza

Yellow fiddle wood

The fiddlewood grows well even down here in South Australia. In Elizabeth some 30 or 40 years back, it must have been a popular craze growing them. Now, they are dissappearing because they have reached up to the highest point of most houses, and clogged the gutters, deigning them to the MackAxe. ;)

The one that lives next door to me is going to be pruned down so I was told just today, so I will try to do my first ever, timber drying effort. :D
29th September 2006, 11:13 PM
Toymaker Len

I've used a bit of fiddlewood. Its medium weight, dries well, interesting dark line just under the surface. It has a most obnoxious smell when being worked. Not a wood I would ever seek out.