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On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 10:06:59 +0100, "Tim W"
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Jatoba aka Courbaril aka Locust:

Are you sure about this? I heard locust grows in Eastern Washington,
Wa state, usa. They used it for fence posts 60 years ago and it's
still good, they just flip it over and plant it for another 60. The
stuff I saw represented as Locust varnished to a honey blond and is
supposed to darken after exposure to sunlight. It didn't have much
personality at all but is supposed to be durable and strong.



World Woods in Colour, William A Lincoln, 1986:

Courbaril, Bot name - Hymenaea courbaril

Distribution - Central and South America, West Indies.

"The heartwood is salmon red to orange brown marked with dark brown and
russet brown streaks. The wood has a golden lustre"

It doesn't sound like what you are describing and doesn't grow in the US but
he doesn't list any other timber known as Locust.

Tim W