Primavera Central American Wood Veneer Information

Primavera is often referred to as " White Mahogany" in the US. The geographical distribution of Primavera includes Central America, Mexico, Nicaragua and Guatamala. Most of the material in the US market is believed to come from Guatamala where the law requires the primavera logs to be processed and exported in lumber and veneer forms only. Some think that Primavera has a similar appearance as Ceylon Satin wood. I haven't seen that resemblance yet. Ceylon Satinwood appears to have much more of a lustrous gold tone to me. Primavera does have an interesting array of appearances though like ribbon, block mottle, rain drop and fiddle-back. There isn't an over abundance of veneer in the country but lumber inventory's are uasually pretty good. Very little Primavera is exported to Europe. An interesting fact is that it is recommended that Primavera be harvested in 'the dark of the moon', since unlike trees in the temperate regions, the sap rises and falls with the phases of the moon instead of in winter and spring in the region that Primavera grows. We do have a nice sequence of Primavera in our inventory and it is panel length.

Quarter Primavera	Plain Sliced Primavera
Quarter Figured Primavera	Quarter Figured Primavera