The chair prototype pictured above is made of padauk and aluminum connector plates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Build Blog » Young Architects Day] Reference

The furniture was made of beautiful shiny padauk wood, which is a deep red, sometimes almost shading into black.    From Wordnik.com.  [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]

When my mother entered the sitting room with my father, her mother-in-law was seated at the far end on a formal, carved square padauk chair.    From Wordnik.com.  [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]

Leading up to her on both sides of the room, enhancing the formality, were two symmetrical rows of square, exquisitely carved padauk chairs.    From Wordnik.com.  [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]

The cabinets are padauk and the floor Bisazza terrazzo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

There were three padauk guitars in the series, and one had a padauk bridge which I subtly finished flat with a UV retarder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

The floor and cabinetry are African padauk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

He uses exotic woods: bubinga, koa, lacewood, lignum vitae, padauk, shedua and tiger wood.    From Wordnik.com.  [billingsgazette.com] Reference