Tulipwood

The wood is very light, around 490 kg per cubic meter,[1] but very strong and is used in many applications, including furniture, joinery and moldings.

[citation needed] In the nineteenth century Brazilian tulipwood was thought to be the product of the brazilian rosewood Physocalymma scaberrimum (West Indian tulipwood), but in the twentieth century it became clear it was yielded by a species of Dalbergia.

[2] At some point it was misidentified as Dalbergia frutescens, a misidentification which can still be found in books aimed at the woodworker.

For some decades it has been known to be yielded by Dalbergia decipularis, a species restricted to a small area in Western-Brazil.

The one most commonly known to horticulture is Harpullia pendula which is widely planted as a street tree along the east coast of Australia.