satinwoood
LEXIS
Very hard, resistant and durable, but rather rare tonewood from West Africa with fine, sometimes wavy grain.
However, West Indian satinwood (Zanthoxylum flavum) and East Indian or Ceylonese satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia) are considered endangered.
Appraisal
Ceylon Satinwood1) has all the acoustic potential of the best rosewoods. … Other lighter colored hardwoods such as cherry, maple, myrtle, oak, and pear are far less dense, stiff and glassy. Ceylon Satinwood is more like a dense, glassy rosewood in its physical properties. In the hands of a talented luthier will certainly result in fantastic guitar. It is one of the tonewoods in this enthusiast's opinion that has great potential.
1)
Chloroxylon swietenia