Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood

Anotations

Scope note:

High quality, dense, figured wood from the Brazilian tulipwood tree, Dalbergia decipularis. It is creamy yellow with pink to reddish-purple stripes, and is used in the making of inlay, marquetry, and notably ornate furniture of 18th century France. It was formerly thought to come from Physocalymma scaberrima or from Dalbergia frutescens.