Andiroba is most commonly known as Royal Mahogany in the US. Some other names you may have heard it called are carapa, masabalo, and tangere. Andiroba originates from Central and Latin America. Andiroba is a tall rainforest tree that grows up to 40 meters high. It is in the same family as Mahogany, and has been called Brazilian mahogany due to similarity. It can be found growing wild thru out the Amazon, and parts of Brazil in the island region on rich soils, swamps, flats and marshes. Andiroba is fine to medium texture, with uniform to interlocking grain, ranging from straight to wavy or curly. Irregularities in the grain often produce highly attractive “fiddle back” or “mottle” figures. Andiroba polishes to a high luster, with excellent working and finishing characteristics. It responds well to hand and machine tools, has good nailing and screwing properties, and turns and carves superbly.
Some other features of Andiroba are that is has no odor, …