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1st April 2017, 04:25 PM #1New Member
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Can anyone identify this tree please ?
Hey there fellow timber appreciators,
This tree came down a couple of weeks ago on my property (near Lismore, NSW). I think I might cut a few small slabs from it. Any ideas what it is ?
Cheers.
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2nd April 2017, 12:14 AM #2
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Hi Harry,
I'm not sure I'm right, but it does look like Olive, as there is some fruit in the 2nd. photo, & they look like Olives.
Get some nice Bowls out of it, but need to cut & turn before it cracks.
Thatsmy2senceworth.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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2nd April 2017, 05:31 PM #4New Member
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Thanks for your responses,
The fruit definitely looks like an olive but I don't think it's a regular olive (Olea europaea) or a native olive (Olea paniculata). It seems like a compound leaf with different shape and colour to the Olea pics I've seen. Happy to stand corrected though....
Some more info - The fruit ripens from green to yellow to orange-red. When cut, the sap under the bark is thick and red. I would guess that it's natural form is a large, spreading tree, probably of rainforest origin.
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2nd April 2017, 07:21 PM #5Senior Member
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Hi Harry,
The plant that you have is Kaffir plum, Harpephyllum caffrum. It is often used as a street tree, the fruit is edible but only when it changes colour. It is part of the Anacardiaceae family which can be toxic,nice or both e.g. mango nice fruit but the sap is irritating to some people.
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2nd April 2017, 08:22 PM #6New Member
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That's it !
Thanks Wood Collector.
That's definitely it. There's not much info on Kaffir Plum timber but I found this -
"The pale reddish wood is hard, strong, fairly heavy and elastic. It polishes well but is not very durable. Very handsome when polished, it has been used as a general purpose timber, for furniture and beams and is also used for carving curios."
Sounds like it's worth a shot.
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2nd April 2017, 11:44 PM #7Senior Member
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i would say its a wooden one
Hope you didn't get flooded in the recent floods down there.
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3rd April 2017, 09:35 PM #8Woodworking mechanic
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I've got a huge Kaffir plum in my backyard and that's what you have.. I would agree with word elastic but I'm not sure about the word strong in relation to branches. When the cockatoos come in their droves to eat the fruit, their weight can snap branches. It will bend a fair way but even thickish branches will snap quite easily under their weight. The branch timber is very light in colour and appears quite porous/spongy and light in weight. Maybe the older trunk timber has the characteristics they speak of?
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3rd April 2017, 10:07 PM #9New Member
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Thanks Bryn. Luckily my place is up in the hills. Lismore really copped it bad though. And it'll be months before the roads are repaired to their normal sub-standard condition !
Lappa, I don't know if the timber would be "strong" but it is quite heavy. I guess I'll find out...
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18th April 2017, 09:56 PM #11New Member
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Had a chance to mill the Kaffir Plum over Easter. I'm liking the heartwood contrast. Hoping it will air-dry OK in my shed.
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18th April 2017, 11:21 PM #12
That would look great bookmatched, love it. Thanks for sharing!
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