Lacewood

lacewood	lacewood,end grain

This wood, often known as Australian lacewood, or Australian silky oak has unusually thick medullary rays, visible as the lighter stripes on the endgrain, and depending upon how the face is exposed relative to the rays, as a fish-scale like pattern on the face grain. This wood is a bit on the soft side, so for most box applications I prefer the visually similar leopardwood. My lacewood banding box uses them both.