amboyna

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noun tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
noun mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus

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The board materials they use are pretty sweet too, featuring amboyna, ebony and spalted maple.

Archive 2008-02-01 Jan 2008
Specimens of amboyna wood, the odoriferous sandal wood from Timor, clove wood, and other choice woods from the Moluccas and Prince of

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds
The result produces beautiful bowls and tables made from amboyna, a burled wood from Laos.

Cool Hunting 2009
The main part of the frame is constructed from lignum vitae and there are inlays of ebony, amboyna burl and desert ironwood.

A Whole Lotta Nothing 2009
The main part of the frame is constructed from lignum vitae and there are inlays of ebony, amboyna burl and desert ironwood.

A Whole Lotta Nothing 2009