{"id":2221,"date":"2017-03-13T04:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2017-01-22T19:20:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T00:20:12","slug":"bloodwood-revisted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/bloodwood-revisted\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloodwood – Revisted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The wood known to wood workers as Bloodwood, or in some cases as Satine, or Satine Bloodwood, is more properly known as Brosimum rubescens<\/em>, although some sources may refer to B. paraense<\/em>. As best as I can tell, the two are considered synonymous with neither having preferential use scientifically, although B. paraense, <\/em>being the older designation, yields more references .<\/p>\n Of academic interest only, perhaps, is the inclusion in the Brosimum<\/em> genus of B. guianese<\/em>, otherwise known as Snakewood, one of the most perennially popular and incredibly expensive hardwoods on the market today.<\/p>\n B. rubescens<\/em> is native to the tropical areas of the Americas, although most commercially exploited stocks that are exported to the United States tend to originate in Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and to some extent, Peru.<\/p>\n For the sake of simplicity and common understanding, I will refer to B. rubescens<\/em> from this point forward as Bloodwood.<\/p>\n I have written about Bloodwood twice in the past, in both a very early post<\/a> from 2009 and a later post from 2012<\/a>. This post will serve to update the information to the most current as of 2017 and to standardize the format to be consistent with other posts about specific turning woods.<\/p>\n