Uses: Used for cabinetry, accenting furniture and tabletops, inlaying, decorating musical instruments, and thanks to its unique figure, a wide range of other projects such as architectural panels and auto dashboards.
Mappa, European Poplar, Mapa Burl, Lombardy Poplar
Scientific name: Populus spp
Description: Mappa burl is the burl wood of a European poplar. This highly decorative wood is particularly full of contrast—its unusual darker, bark-like pattern of tight clusters is surrounded by a translucent golden shimmer.
Properties: The wood is soft (like soft maple) and light weight with grain that tends to be fuzzy until finish sanded. It cuts and glues readily