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This chart has been sorted alphabetically by the Lumber Trade Name in
Column #1. |
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Wood Species - Sorted by Lumber Name |
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Domestic Species - to North America
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| Lumber
Trade Name |
Flooring
Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
| Ash,
white |
Ash, White |
Fraxinus,
excelsior |
North
America |
| Cherry,
black |
Cherry,
N. American |
Prunus, serotina |
North
America |
| Maple,
hard |
Maple,
N. American |
Acer, saccharum |
North
America |
| Oak,
red |
Oak, Red |
Quercus,
rubra |
North
America |
| Oak,
white |
Oak, White |
Quercus, alba |
North
America |
| Walnut,
black |
Walnut,
N. American |
Juglans, nigra |
North
America |
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Imported Species - to North America |
| Lumber Trade
Name |
Flooring
Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
| Afrormosia |
Afrormosia |
Pericopsis, elata |
Africa, West |
| Afzelia |
Doussie |
Afzelia, spp |
West & Central Africa |
| Amendoim/Ybyario |
Amendoim |
Pterogyne, nitens |
Argentina/Paraguay/Brazil |
| Angelique |
Angelique |
Dicorynia, guianensis |
Suriname |
Ash,
Victorian
(Oak, Tasmanian) |
Ash,
Victorian
(Oak, Tasmanian) |
Eucalyptus, delegatensis |
Australia |
| Beech,
European |
Beech,
European |
Fagus,
slyvatica |
Europe |
| Bloodwood |
Bloodwood |
Brosimum,
rubescens |
Brazil |
| Brushbox |
Brushbox,
Northern |
Tristania, spp |
Australia |
| Bubinga |
Bubinga |
Guibourtia, demeusei |
Africa, Central |
| Chechen |
Rosewood, Caribbean |
Metopium, browneii |
Belize/Mexico |
| Lumber Trade
Name |
Flooring
Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
| Chestnut |
Chestnut |
Castanea, sativa |
Asia
Minor |
| Chichipate |
Chestnut,
Southern |
Sweetia, panamensis |
Central America |
| Coigue |
Cherry,
Chilean |
Nothofagus, dombeyi |
Chile |
| Cola de Marona |
Mahogany, Royal |
Pithecellobium, arboreum |
Central America |
| Cumaru |
Teak, Brazilian |
Dipteryx,
odorata |
S. America/C. America |
| Curupay/Angico Preto |
Rosewood, Patagonian |
Piptadenia, macrocarpa |
South America |
| Cypress, Australian |
Cypress, Australian |
Callitrus, glauca |
Australia |
| Guatambu/Pau Marfim |
Maple,
Patagonian (Brazilian) |
Balfourodendron,
riedelianum |
Paraguay |
| Gum, Sydney Blue |
Gum, Sydney Blue |
Eucalyptus, saligna |
Australia |
| Lumber Trade
Name |
Flooring
Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
| Ipe/Cortez |
Walnut, Brazilian |
Tabebuia, spp |
S. America/C. America |
| Iroko/Kambala |
Iroko/Kambala |
Chloraphora,
excelsa |
West
Africa |
| Jarrah |
Jarrah |
Eucalyptus, marginata |
Western
Australia |
| Jatoba |
Cherry, Brazilian |
Hymenaea, courbaril |
S. America/C. America |
| Kempas |
Kempas |
Koompassia, malaccensis |
S.E. Asia |
| Kuruguay/Sirari |
Rosewood,
Tiete |
Guibourtia,
chodatianal |
Paraguay/Bolivia |
| Lacewood |
Lacewood |
Roupala, brasiliensis |
Brazil |
| Lapacho |
Walnut, Patagonian |
Tabebuia, heptaphylla |
Paraguay |
| Machiche |
Cherry,
Caribbean
(Mayan/Aztec) |
Lonchocarpus, castilloi |
Mexico/Belize |
| Lumber Trade
Name |
Flooring
Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
| Mahogany, Santos |
Mahogany, Santos |
Myroxylon, balsamum |
S. America/C. America |
| Mahogany. Honduran |
Mahogany. Honduran |
Swietenia, macrophylla |
S. America/C. America |
Massarasanduba/
Chico zapote/Quinilla |
Cherry,
Bolivian |
Manilkara, bidentata |
Brazil/Peru/
Central America/Mexico |
| Merbau |
Merbau |
Intsia, spp |
S.E. Asia |
| Morado |
Rosewood, Bolivian |
Machaerium,
sclieroxylon |
Bolivia |
| Nogal |
Walnut, Peruvian |
Juglans, neotropica |
S. America/C. America |
| Padauk |
Padauk, African |
Pterocarpus, soyauxii |
Africa, Central |
| Pine,
Honduras
Heart |
Pine,
Heart |
Pinus, caribaea |
Nicaragua/Honduras/
Guatemala/Mexico |
| Purpleheart |
Purpleheart |
Peltogyne,
spp |
South America |
| Rosewood, Honduran |
Rosewood, Honduran |
Dalbergia, Stevensonii |
Central America |
| Shedua/Mutenye |
Shedua/Mutenye |
Guibourtia, arnoldiana |
West & Central Africa |
| Lumber Trade
Name |
Flooring
Trade Name |
Botanical
Name |
Origin |
| Tamarindo/Jutai |
Tamarind |
Dialium, guianense |
Brazil |
| Tauary |
Ash,
Silky |
Couratari, spp |
Brazil/Venezuela/Costa
Rica |
| Teak, true |
Teak, True |
Tectona, grandis |
S.E. Asia |
| Tigerwood |
Tigerwood |
Astronium, spp |
South America |
| Timborana |
Timborana |
Piptadenia,
suaveolens |
Brazil/Venezuela/
Columbia/Guyana |
| T'zalam |
Walnut,
Caribbean
(Mayan/Aztec) |
Lysiloma,
bahamensis |
Belize/Mexico |
| Wenge |
Wenge |
Milletia, laurentii |
Africa, Central |
| Zebrawood |
Zebrawood |
Microberlina, brazzavillensis |
Africa, Central |
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