Wood Wood African Blackwood or Mpingo (Dalbergia melanoxylon) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea and south to the Transvaal in South Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "African Blackwood"
Afzelia is a genus in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the family Fabaceae ( legumes). The thirteen species all are trees, native to tropical Africa or Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afzelia"
Agarwood or eaglewood is the most expensive wood in the world. It is the occasional product of two to four genera in the family Thymelaeaceae, with Aquilaria agallocha and Aquilaria malaccensis the best known species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agarwood"
Agathis australis (Kauri) is a coniferous tree native to the northern North Island of New Zealand. Kauri trees grow straight and tall to 40-50 m tall, with smooth bark and small oval leaves. Heavily logged in the past, Kauri are much less common than in pre-European times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agathis australis"
Algum (sometimes rendered Almug) is a type of wood referred to in the Bible. According to the Second Book of Chronicles (II Chronicles 2:8), it was used, together with cedar and pine, in the construction of Solomon's Temple: "for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great". Likely the wood was brought by the ships of Tarshish, sent from the Red Sea port of Ezion-Giber, from the distant country of Ophir, and was very valuable. ...more on Wikipedia about "Algum"
Amboyna can refer to: ...more on Wikipedia about "Amboyna"
Balsa (Ochroma lagopus, synonym O. pyramidale) is a large, fast-growing tree to 30 m tall, native from tropical South America north to southern Mexico. It is evergreen, or dry-season deciduous if the dry season is long, with large (30–50 cm) weakly palmately lobed leaves. The name balsa derives from Spanish for a raft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balsa"
Bamboos are a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Some of its members are giants, forming by far the largest members of the grass family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bamboo"
Beech (Fagus) is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. The leaves are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5-15 cm long and 4-10 cm broad. The flowers are small single-sex, wind-pollinated catkins, produced in spring shortly after the new leaves appear. The fruit is a small, sharply 3-angled nut 10-15 mm long, borne in pairs in soft-spined husks 1.5-2.5 cm long, known as cupules. The nuts are edible, though bitter with a high tannin content, and can be called beechmast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beech"
The bitterwood, quassiawood or quassia is the heartwood of Quassia amara (presumably the sole species in the genus Quassia). Bitterwood is famous for its use as a febrifuge; it contains quassin, a bitter-tasting substance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bitterwood"
The Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) is a species of cherry, native to eastern North America from southern Quebec and Ontario south to Texas and central Florida. It is a species in the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes, and is a deciduous tree growing to 15-30 m tall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Cherry"
Bosque is the name for areas of riparian forest found along the flood plains of stream and river banks in the southwestern United States. It derives its name from the Spanish word for woodlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bosque"
Brazilwood is a common name for wood which yields a red dye called brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein. The name is said to come from "brasa", Portuguese for "ember," owing to its red hue. Botanically, several trees of the family Leguminosae, the ( Pulse family) are involved. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brazilwood"
Bulnesia sarmientoi is a tree that inhabits a part of the Gran Chaco area in South America, around the Argentina- Brazil- Paraguay border. Its common name is palo santo ( Spanish, "holy wood"); in some places it is called ibiocaí, and in the trade also known as vera or verawood. It may also appear named as Paraguay lignum vitae, since it has properties and uses similar to the lignum vitae trees of genus Guaiacum. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bulnesia sarmientoi"
A burl (British "burr") is an outgrowth on a tree. Burls are often misunderstood. As it is the product of a cambium it may not be compared to any phenomenon in animals or humans. A burl is only a burl if it is filled with small knots from dormant buds. The famous bird's eye maple superficially resembles the wood of a burl but is something else entirely. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burl"
Canary wood or canary whitewood is a name used to describe the times of a number of species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canary wood"
Carapa is a genus in the mahogany family Meliaceae. The two to four species become medium-sized to large trees to 30 m tall, occurring in tropical South America and Africa; common names for include Andiroba and Crabwood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carapa"
Cedar correctly refers to those trees belonging to the genus Cedrus in the coniferous plant family Pinaceae. They are most closely related to the Firs (Abies), sharing a very similar cone structure. They are native to the mountains of the western Himalaya and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of 1,500-3200 m in the Himalaya and 1,000-2,200 m in the Mediterranean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cedar"
Certified wood is timber products extracted from forests that are sustainably managed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Certified wood"
Chestnuts (Castanea), including the chinkapins, are a genus of eight or nine species of trees and shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae, native to warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts produced by these trees. Most are large trees to 20-40 m tall, but some species (the chinkapins) are smaller, often shrubby. All are deciduous. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chestnut"
Cocobolo is a hardwood from Central America yielded by two to four closely related species of the genus Dalbergia. The best known and probably most important species is Dalbergia retusa. This a fair-sized tree, reported to reach 20-25 m in height. Because of its great beauty and high value, cocobolo has been heavily exploited and the tree is now in danger of extinction outside of national parks, reserves and plantations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cocobolo" http://www.shortopedia.com - Go in quickly.
Cocuswood (Brya ebenus) is a very dense tropical hardwood. It comes from the West Indies and is sometimes called Jamaican ebony. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cocuswood"
(Coralwood) Guibourtia is a plant genus of the family Fabaceae ( legume family). It contains 16 to 17 species in tropical Africa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coralwood"
The cottonwoods are three species of poplars in the section Aegiros of the genus Populus, native to North America, Europe and western Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cottonwood"
Dalbergia is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus has a wide distribution, native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. The size of the genus is disputed, with different authorities citing between 100-600 species; ILDIS accepts 159 species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dalbergia"
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