Can you ID this blank?

[Charlie_W]

Here is a pen I sold this weekend at a local fair and the customer is wanting to know the wood species as she is giving it as a gift.
I received this blank in a swap a couple of years ago and don't even know who it came from. It appeared to have been treated or stabilized and had a strong odor. Not anything like Cactus Juice.
Right now, I told her it was officially Mystery Wood unless someone else can ID it.
Please reply if you feel you know for sure. On this blank, would the black be spalting? It just looks so much different than other spalted blanks I have.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Akula]

I'm poor at guessing games but I have some hackberry that looks just like it. The wood makes me itch so bad, it just sits in the pile. It's pretty when finished but the itching is too much for me.

 

[Cmiles1985]

My highly uneducated guess would be spalted mango by the somewhat open grain.

 

[1080Wayne]

Looks somewhat like black and white ebony , but I doubt if it would have been stabilized .

 

[BJohn]

Could Be Royal Poinciana I have some from Hawaii that looks amazingly close.

 

[Cmiles1985]

Could Be Royal Poinciana I have some from Hawaii that looks amazingly close.

Never seen the wood of this tree...I have a small one of these in my front yard as I really liked the looks of the tree from my travels into Mexico.

 

[BJohn]

Here is a link to an image of some pen blanks.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1...q=royal+poinciana+pen+blanks&oq=royal+poincia

The image is not great but maybe it will give you an idea.

the wood is kind of soft. so it it can be turned but is subject to chipping some. I just stabilized some blanks Saturday evening. Plan on making a couple pens in the next month or so.

 

[Charlie_W]

I appreciate the help. I searched online images for these suggestions and am going with the spalted hackberry. It seemed to be the closest match. I will pass along to the customer that this is our best educated guess.

Thanks again!