Thread: Can you identify this timber?

Bit hard to tell from photo, but at a guess I'd say Jacaranda. Any idea of leaves or flowers etc?

Thanks dai sensei. No idea of leaves or flowers I'm afraid, the log was in my Dad's shed. If it was jacaranda, do you have any idea of what it might be worth? (Am tryng to sell the wood for my Mum.)
Thanks, Janice

How big is it? Green or dry?

Hate to say it but probably not worth much.

I can't see a square pith centre so I would say not Jacaranda.

G'day Janice,

IMHO....If the branch is less than 150mm diameter I would suggest it is Olive.
Olive less than 150mm will only have the nice grain in the centre, only when it reaches bigger diameter the grain spread wider.

HTH
Col

If it's olive all you need to do is saw a little and smell the fresh sawdust. However, I would have expected the centre to be darker.

Thanks guys for responses.

Dimensions are:
Length 127cm
Diameter 12cm
Wood is dry, has been stored in dry shed for many years.

I'll try sawing it - presumably if olive the sawdust would smell like olives?

Janice

Originally Posted by Lotsawood

I'll try sawing it - presumably if olive the sawdust would smell like olives?Janice

Just like cooking with olive oil.

Originally Posted by Lotsawood

Dimensions are:
Length 127cm
Diameter 12cm

Sorry Janice but this is a relatively small branch not a trunk, so unless it has fantastic grain that could be used for pen blanks, it is not worth anything. Cutting carefully into pen blanks (140mm x 22mm x 22mm) you would get ~120 blanks worth ~$100 (??)