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This chart has been sorted alphabetically by the Flooring Trade Name
in
Column #1, after having been placed in sections based on Color/Grain
Types
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Wood
Species - Sorted by Color/Grain Type |
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Brown - light brown
to tan colored |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Ash,
Silky |
Couratari, spp |
Tauary |
pale straw-tan
colored |
Ash,
Victorian
(Oak, Tasmanian) |
Eucalyptus, delegatensis |
Australia |
pale straw to pink to
light brown/tan |
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Beech, European |
Fagus, slyvatica |
Europe |
tan to light
orangey brown |
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Timborana |
Piptadenia,
suaveolens |
Timborana |
straw tan color to a medium
nut
brown color |
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Brown - medium brown
colored |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Afrormosia |
Pericopsis, elata |
Africa, West |
uniform
golden tan turning
medium brown |
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Angelique |
Dicorynia, guianensis |
Suriname |
varying medium browns
w/gold hues |
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Chestnut, Southern |
Sweetia,
panamensis |
Central America |
uniform golden tan turning
medium brown |
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Iroko/Kambala |
Chloraphora, excelsa |
West Africa |
light golden brown turning
medium brown |
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Oak, Red |
Quercus,
rubra |
North America |
tan to light brown w/reddish
highlights |
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Oak, White |
Quercus, alba |
North America |
tan to medium brown |
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Shedua/Mutenye |
Guibourtia, arnoldiana |
West & Central Africa |
medium golden brown with
black striping |
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Teak, Brazilian |
Dipteryx,
odorata |
S. America/C. America |
golden tan, reddish brown to
dark brown |
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Teak, True |
Tectona, grandis |
S.E. Asia |
varied golden brown
with a waxy feel |
Walnut,
Caribbean
(Mayan/Aztec) |
Lysiloma,
bahamensis |
Belize/Mexico |
varied medium to
dark browns |
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Walnut, Patagonian |
Tabebuia, heptaphylla |
Paraguay |
medium brown with
golden tones |
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Brown - with reddish
tones |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Amendoim |
Pterogyne, nitens |
Argentina/Paraguay/Brazil |
medium reddish tan/brown |
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Doussie |
Afzelia, spp |
West & Central Africa |
medium reddish brown |
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Mahogany, Royal |
Pithecellobium, arboreum |
Central America |
medium reddish brown
turning darker |
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Mahogany, Santos |
Myroxylon, balsamum |
S. America/C. America |
darker orangey brown |
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Mahogany. Honduran |
Swietenia, macrophylla |
S. America/C. America |
lighter reddish brown
turning darker |
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Merbau |
Intsia, spp |
S.E. Asia |
varied light to dark browns |
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Brown - dark brown
to blackish colored |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Brushbox,
Northern |
Tristania, spp |
Australia |
medium brown with
grayish tones |
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Walnut,
N. American |
Juglans, nigra |
North America |
medium to dark brown |
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Walnut, Brazilian |
Tabebuia,
spp |
S. America/C. America |
medium to very dark brown |
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Walnut, Peruvian |
Juglans, neotropica |
S. America/C. America |
medium to dark brown |
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Wenge |
Milletia, laurentii |
Africa, Central |
yellowish
brown turning
to a chocolate brown |
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Cream - blond
colored |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Ash, White |
Fraxinus,
excelsior |
North America |
straw sapwood with
tan heartwood |
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Maple,
N. American |
Acer, saccharum |
North America |
cream to almost white
sapwood with darker heartwood |
Maple,
Patagonian
(Brazilian) |
Balfourodendron,
riedelianum |
Paraguay |
creamy gold color |
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Purple |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Purpleheart |
Peltogyne, spp |
South America |
purple changing to
purplish brown |
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Red - from pink reds
to red browns to red |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Bloodwood |
Brosimum,
rubescens |
Brazil |
deep red color |
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Bubinga |
Guibourtia, demeusei |
Africa, Central |
pinkish red to medium red with
burgundy veining |
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Cherry,
N. American |
Prunus, serotina |
North America |
pinkish red changing to a
medium red |
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Cherry,
Bolivian |
Manilkara, bidentata |
Massarasanduba/
Chico zapote/Quinilla |
deep reddish-brown |
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Cherry, Brazilian |
Hymenaea, courbaril |
S. America/C. America |
tan salmon color changing
to a deep reddish brown |
Cherry,
Caribbean
(Mayan/Aztec) |
Lonchocarpus, castilloi |
Mexico/Belize |
varied shades of reddish tan
to reddish browns |
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Cherry,
Chilean |
Nothofagus, dombeyi |
Coigue |
light
tan color to a pale pink color |
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Gum, Sydney Blue |
Eucalyptus, saligna |
Australia |
pinkish red to medium red |
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Jarrah |
Eucalyptus, marginata |
Jarrah |
from pink-reds to a burgundy
color
with occasional black gum veins |
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Kempas |
Koompassia, malaccensis |
S.E. Asia |
reddish tan to medium red |
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Padauk, African |
Pterocarpus, soyauxii |
Africa, Central |
vivid orange changing to a
deep red/black |
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Rosewood, Tiete |
Guibourtia, chodatianal |
Paraguay/Bolivia |
pinkish red to medium red |
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Tamarind |
Dialium, guianense |
Brazil |
tan salmon
color changing to a
medium reddish brown |
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Grains
- with Bold Graining & Striping |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Lacewood |
Roupala, brasiliensis |
Brazil |
tan/medium orangey brown
with eyes |
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Rosewood, Bolivian |
Machaerium,
sclieroxylon |
Bolivia |
medium brown with dark
brown/black striping |
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Rosewood, Caribbean |
Metopium, browneii |
Belize/Mexico |
light brown/golden/medium
brown w/dark striping |
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Rosewood, Honduran |
Dalbergia, Stevensonii |
Central America |
reddish brown with burgundy striping |
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Rosewood, Patagonian |
Piptadenia, macrocarpa |
South America |
orangey brown w/black striping
turning a deep reddish brown |
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Tigerwood |
Astronium, spp |
South America |
orangey/red background with
broad black striping |
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Zebrawood |
Microberlina, brazzavillensis |
Africa, Central |
tan/straw background with
black striping |
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Character
Grade - with a knotty Antique Heart Pine Look |
| Flooring Trade Name |
Botanical Name |
Origin |
Color |
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Cypress, Australian |
Callitrus, glauca |
Australia |
cream colored sap wood with
straw to medium brown heart
wood w/black knotting |
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Pine,
Heart |
Pinus, caribaea |
Pine, Honduras
Heart |
deep orange-reddish
color for
the pieces with heavy pitch
to a pale straw color
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