Tulipwood (Poplar Wood) Bowl Blank

Uses: Interior joinery, furniture. Due to its impressive strength and natural qualities, Tulipwood uses include a wide range of structural applications and home furnishings, with tulipwood furniture proving increasingly popular.

General Description: Also known as Poplar wood, Tulipwood's sapwood is white, and in second-growth trees, very wide; the heartwood is variable in colour, ranging from olive green to yellow or brown, and may be streaked with steel-blue. The annual growth terminates in a white band of parenchyma giving a subdued figure to longitudinal surfaces. Tulipwood timber is straight-grained. fine-textured, fairly soft and light in weight about 510 kg/m? when dried.