What is JUNIPER wood ?

Looks fantastic, isn't it?

Here you are

Yes, it caught my eyes too :)

it's similar to hinoki wood if I remember correctly.

And actually, I don't like that one heavy streak going down the mid-left side of the racket.  If I had that racket (in a hinoki) I would discount it if it were a one ply.  I don't suppose it makes much difference in a thin outer ply.

Juniper is a rather commonly spread type of wood, grows in Asia, Europe, North America - same family as cypress. Usually much cheaper but generally of a lower quality than cypress. You really need to search for proper juniper timber suitable for table tennis blades.

Galaxy T-4 has outer layers of juniper - I like them.

hinoki...cypress...juniper...
can so so hinoki be worst than top of the line juniper? of course.

Juniper is actually a somewhat misleading translation by Chinese sellers/manufactures for Hinoki (and other relatives in the same family or Chamaecyparis genus) back into English.  Most of them actually use Port Orford-cedar (POC), yellow cedar or red cedar (from US or Canada) to substitute for real Hinoki that only grows in Japan.

Swiffers wrote: Isn't Juniper also the type of bonsai tree?

Yes, here are two beautiful ones.

fatt wrote: can't we grow bonsai trees with another type of tree than juniper?

Certainly.  You can source from many types of plants/tress for bonsai.  Juniper is just being one of them.  I have seen people use oak, elm, cypress, wisteria etc for bonsai.