Are you telling me that "IPE" is not Brazilian walnut? The manufacturers all
claim it is.

Sometimes the translations from Portugese to English is not too good...LOL

but if they are a different genus then that would settle that one. Common
names for plants are a bitch too, sometimes. everything is a "flower"...LOL


"J. Clarke" wrote in message
...
While there is true walnut grown in South America, wood commonly sold in
the US as "Brazilian walnut" is the same stuff sold for decks as
"ipe"--different wood--walnut is in the genus juglans, ipe is in the
genus tabebuia.



On 8/27/2010 2:05 PM, Josepi wrote:
There are online hardness charts for tropical woods. Try google.ca

It would seem the softer the hardwood in N.AMerica the harder it is in
Brazil???

Brazilian walnut is one of the hardest woods there is and yet N.Am walnut
is
one of the softest.