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Lignum Vitae - Palo Santo wood

Botanical name: Bulnesia sarmienti

Origin: Paraguay
Weight: 1200Kg/m3
Cutting: Lathe turned cylinders 50 – 300mm diameter. Sawn squares. Small blocks clear 4 sides (Pilotines)
Dryness: Part seasoned
Other names: -

Although this wood has been used for generations for the same purposes as the genuine lignum vitaes (timber from the genus guiaicum) it has become a more important choice recently because of the listing of the Guaiacum lignum vitaes on Cites appendix II.

Genuine lignum vitae is currently only possible for import with Cites export and import documentation. In practice this means there is not a lot coming through.

Greenish brown to brown with a tight and pronounced interlocked grain, very dense, waxy – with self lubricating qualities, hard wearing in almost all the contexts in which lignum vitae has traditionally been used.

Price for net sales ...
  over £750.00 over £300.00 over £150.00 under £150.00
Cylinders 50-100mm
Kg
£3.71 £4.11 £4.46 £4.95
Cylinders 100-150mm Kg £3.38 £3.74 £4.05 £4.50
Cylinders 150-250mm Kg £3.19 £3.53 £3.83 £4.25
500 x 40 x 40mm
each
£4.88 £5.40 £5.85 £6.50
500 x 52 x 52mm
each
£9.00 £9.96 £10.80 £12.00
500 x 65 x 65mm
each
£14.06 £15.56 £16.88 £18.75
500 x 75 x 75mm
each
£20.25 £22.41 £24.20 £27.00
Pilotines Kg £5.63 £6.23 £6.75 £7.50
 
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