Canarywood (Botanical: Centrolobium spp) - An exotic wood that is yellow to orange in color, typically variegated with light to dark red streaking. It has a medium to high luster. It can be somewhat variable in density; it is mostly a hard, heavy and strong wood. Works very easily with both hand and power tools and finishes very smoothly.

A medium sized to large well-formed tree; generally up to 100 feet high with diameters of 30-50''. Its big leaves are imparipinnate growing 7 to 17 opposite to alternate leaflets. The flowers are borne in terminal panicles and are usually yellow or purplish. The large samara-like pod has 1 to 3 seeds and looks similar to a chestnut bur sporting wings like a gigantic maple seed. The Canarywood tree grows in Latin America; Brazil, and Bolivia.

Uses: With its beautiful grain and stability, Canarywood is used largely for fine furniture and cabinetry. It is also used for boat parts such as keel, planking and trim plus many other uses such as heavy construction timbers, flooring as well as being sliced for veneers.

Availability: On a commercial scale, it is seen only occasionally at a fairly expensive price.

How to Open : The closed box gives few clues to how it's opened.

You first need to rotate the peg nearest the cut line until you can slightly raise it up – do not force it.

Then swing that part of the top away.

Next slide back the rest of the top.

And finally swing it open.