This is the Brazilian Tulip wood tree. As far as I can make out. There seems to be some confusion as to the real identity of the tree Brazilian Tulipwood comes from. Some sites say it comes from the Dalbergia decipularis, others say Physocalymma scaberrimum . This picture was taken by Chris Diewald who traveled to Brazil and had this to say about it.
"I found a lot of these trees in flower near Pirenopolis, Goiás, Brazil, in August of 2007. This belongs to the central Brazilian savanna biomes (Cerrado). The tree appears not to be well known even in Brazil. I have since found the English name 'Tulipwood" for it and added this to the tags. Unfortunately, I don´t have good close-up images of the flowers.
It is truly a show when in flower! "
Well, I bought this wood from my local Rockler store, and on their web site it identifies the species as Dalbergia variabilis, so I'm going with that. 
Here is an example of what Brazilian Tulipwood looks like in a ring. It smells great when you cut it; kinda like perfume or potpourri. It's a hard/dense wood like ebony, it's nice because you can't really notice the end grain with this wood. Not like oak for example where the end grain is very pronounced.
Brazilian Tulipwood is prized for it's color : irregular streaks of yellow, rose, red and violet on a creamy straw colored background.
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