Thread: What tree is this ??????

I'd say it is one of the Coral Trees (Erythrina sp.) but I don't know which particular species.
Somebody on the Forum might know something about the timber of this genus, but I know nothing about it.

The various species of Coral Trees we see here have distinct bright reddish orange flowers that turn into a pod.
Unfortunately the wood I experimented with was white, soft, prone to movement, cracking and had
almost no figure in the grain at all.
In Mexico religious statues are sometimes carved out of it...
cracking is hidden with gesso.
If it is in fact one of the Erythrinas do yourself a favor and burn it.

The Coral Tree that is common here in Sydney is just as you describe but the bark is nothing like this tree it is shinny and a green colour one of the trees down the road has been pruned and the wood in the cut area seems a hard brown heart wood to cream sap wood so I am thinking it may not be the common Coral tree
Regards
Bowl Basher