Additionally:
"Bocote Cordia Gerascanthus H=3.7, =3.1, B=4.1, S=3.7, =3.2, T=4
Bocote comes from the same family as Ziricote (Cordia) and is found in the same region (Central America to Northern Amazon). Less brittle than Ziricote, it is a popular wood with wood turners, works well and has had success as a guitar tonewood, though few builders have created stock models from it yet. It features a tobacco/reddish brown color with distinct, parallel black lines (it does not show the spider-webbing figure that the best Ziracote does). Unlike Ziracote, it darkens with age.). It has fine potential use in both steel string and classical guitars because of its attractive, dark color and rosewood-like tap tone. It has a spicy smell.
Deep sounding basses and an overall BIG sound, with a broad palette of mids. Tonewise, it compares with Rosewood, warm, powerful, with good volume and sustain. Very similar to African Blackwood too. Terrific tap tone and a very wide palette of mid ranges that make it one of the best tonewoods. The looks are also quite spectacular with all shades of yellow, orange and dark brown... Construction wise, it is far more stable than Brazilian rosewood because unlike the Brazilian species, it never fissures. This wood is officially classified as either extinct, endangered, rare or vulnerable within its natural habitat in Costa Rica. It offers some beautiful background colors of dark brown, red with multicolored strips that vary from yellow to orange and green to dark brown."
