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Welcome to the Authentic Wood World of Texas LLC website. www.woodworldtx.com. Don't be fooled by any other imitation sites. We are located in Dallas Texas and this is our only location. All emails will come from woodworldtx@gmail.com or sales.woodworldtx@gmail.com If you have any questions please call us at 972-669-9130 and ask for Craig C

Lacewood Leopard

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Has a very conspicuous flecking that gives this wood its namesake. The wood itself is a medium to dark reddish brown with grey or light brown rays, which resemble the spots of a leopard. Like other woods that exhibit the strongest figure in quartersawn pieces, (such as Sycamore), Leopardwood has the most pronounced figure and displays the largest flecks when perfectly quartersawn; this is due to the wood's wide medullary rays, whose layout can be seen the clearest when looking at the endgrain.
 
Leopardwood is frequently confused with Lacewood, and is sometimes referred to as such. In its vaguest sense, the term "lacewood" is used to describe any wood that displays figuring that resembles lace, (which would technically include Leopardwood). Attempts to identify a specific board macroscopically may be difficult. Two Australian species, Northern Silky Oak (Cardwellia sublimis), and Southern Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta) can both look very similar, and are sometimes sold as Australian Lacewood.

Leopardwood (Roupala spp.) can usually be separated from most species of Lacewood (Panopsis spp.) based upon its darker color and higher density. Additionally, when comparing the endgrain of these two genera, Leopardwood has wider spaced parenchyma bands: approximately 3-4 per mm versus 5-6 per mm with Lacewood.






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