Bocote
Botanical Name: (Cordia Alliodor) Ziricote family
The Tree: Bocote is a large canopy tree, with some specimens in the natural rainforest reaching up to 120 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter, with a straight cylindrical bole above a narrow buttress. Sought for its beauty for both the local and international markets, Bocote has become quite rare in many parts of its original range. Bocote is a particularly fine, beautiful wood, with colors varying from light to golden brown and variegated irregular markings. It has an attractive ray fleck figure if quartersawn. Bocote is a strong lustrous wood, with medium and uniform texture and straight or shallowly interlocked grain. It is easy to work, responds well to both hand and machine tools, is easily glued. It also polishes to a smooth finish. Taptone similar to Rosewood.