Brown Beech

[Stopper]

Hi All,
attached are some pics of a log I cut up today. The customer calls it Brown Beech or Bolly gum. It has been on the ground for a while hence the black worm lines. Does anyone know the botanical name or a common name that might appear in a reference?

cheers
Steve

[artme]

Interesting piece. Sorry, no help with name.

[IanW]

Bootle gives you at least two possibilities:

Hard Bollygum: Bielschmiedia obtusifolia. A large hardwood of the coastal forest from Clarence river to Cairns. Heartwood yellow-brown, sometimes with a pink tinge. Sapwwod whiteish. ADD 750kg/cubic metre. (aka Blush walnut)

Bollywood: Litsea spp. Medium-sized hardwood, central coast of NSW to Nth Qld. Heartwood usually pale brown but tones of yellow, pink & grey can be present. Texture moderately coarse but even, grain sometimes intelocked. ADD 500kg/cubic metre.

Take your pick - bollygum is considerably denser, if that's any guide.
(Or perhaps neither of the above - common names!).

Cheers,

[Stopper]

Sounds like Bollywood to me. Thanks IW.
I'll look it up.
cheers
Steve

Bollywood:) - Sounds like somewhere in India.