Lignum Vitae Palo Santo

Description

Dimensions: 124mm x 40mm x 25mm.

Botanical name: Bulnesia sarmienti

Origin: Paraguay

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 very little of the Guaiacum lignum vitae is currently being exported.
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.