The board materials they use are pretty sweet too, featuring amboyna, ebony and spalted maple. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Specimens of amboyna wood, the odoriferous sandal wood from Timor, clove wood, and other choice woods from the Moluccas and Prince of. From Wordnik.com. [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.] Reference
The result produces beautiful bowls and tables made from amboyna, a burled wood from Laos. From Wordnik.com. [Cool Hunting] Reference
The main part of the frame is constructed from lignum vitae and there are inlays of ebony, amboyna burl and desert ironwood. From Wordnik.com. [A Whole Lotta Nothing] Reference
To name just a few, burls can be found associated with maple, ash, apple, plum, redwood, mahogany and oak to more exotic woods such as amboyna. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
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