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Originally Posted by murrmac123
No way.
Sapele pommele (to give it its correct name) , is and always has been widely available, mostly in veneer form.
The quilted figure is a function of how the tree is cut (ie it is not quartersawn).
Any sapele tree, cut judiciously, could yield sapele pommele.
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Thanks for clasrification. Which leads me to wonder if The Tree figure is also a result of not quartering the wood....?
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