What kind of wood is this?

Ipe

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

I’ve got some too, just a piece. There has been a long debate about what it was. It’s very hard and smells like chocolate. Andy may be right.

-- Bill M. "People change, walnut doesn't" by Gene.

ipe
http://www.wood-database.com/ipe/

Thank you all for the help!

The distinctive grain pattern you see (the lines like scratches), makes me think cumaru. It’s used for decking as an alternative to Ipe. Look at this image online:

Cumaru

LiveEdge, that has to be it! I never would have gotten that one. Thank you

That is Apitong.Its used for trailer decks.
Apitong has a nice smell.

Aj

-- Aj

That is Apitong.Its used for trailer decks.
Apitong has a nice smell.

Aj

- Aj2

Smells like Chocolate?

-- Jim, Georgia, USA

Check it out for gluing, for cutting Boards
IPE will not hold with glue only epoxy or Screws.
Don’t know about Apitong..

-- Bruce. a mind is like a book it is only useful when open.

Gotta be honest, I’d never heard of Apitong or Cumaru before this. I was calling it Wenge earlier even though I knew that wasn’t correct.

abie, Good advice. I used a few strips in a cutting board last year and it’s held up so far. I cut, wiped it down with mineral spirits and glued it up as quickly as possible to minimize problems with the oils in the wood.

What I have in mind now is more like a cheese board than a large cutting board. It won’t need any glue ups. I cut a handle template and tried to copy it with my router and a pattern bit which was a bad idea. This stuff is brittle!

It’s ipe

-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/

Pretty sure this is not ipe.

Jatoba/Brazilian Cherry is my guess.

Edit.
Scratch that. Looks more like cumuru. Has a nice vanilla scent when you work it