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African Mahogany

Common Name: African Mahogany.

Scientific Name: Khaya spp; Khaya anthotheca; K. grandifoliola; K. ivorensis; K. senegalensis.

Native to: West tropical Africa.

American birds-eye maple

Birdseye Maple is not a particular species all of its own.. It is known for it’s unique figure that is sometimes found in Sugar Maple Trees. It’s named 'Bird’s Eye Maple' because the figure resembles small bird’s eyes.

American Cherry Wood

Common Names: Black Cherry, Cherry Wood, American Cherry.

Scientific Name: Prunus serotina.

Native to: Eastern North America.

American Cocobolo

Common Names: American Cocobolo, Cocobola, Cocabola.

Scientific Name: Dalbergia retusa.

Native to: Central America.

American Flamed Maple

Flamed Maple is not a particular species all of its own. Called Flamed, Figured, or Curly Maple because the ripples in the grain pattern create a three dimensional curled effect.

American Mahogany

Common Name:
American Mahogany.

Scientific Name:
Swietenia mahogani.

American Quilted Maple

Quilted Maple is not a particular species all of its own. Known as 'Quilted Maple' because the ripples in the grain pattern create a three dimensional quilted effect.

American 'Rock' (Hard) Maple

Common Names: Hard Maple, Sugar Maple, Rock Maple.
Scientific Name: Acer saccharum.
Native to: Northeastern North America.

Australian Black Gidgee

Gidgee may refer to any of a number of species of Acacia native to arid or semi-arid regions of Australia, or to the vegetation communities in which these species dominate: Acacia pruinocarpa, commonly known as black gidgee, gidgee or tawu, is a tree in the family Fabaceae.
Scientific name: Acacia pruinocarpa.

Fijian Mahogany

Fijian Mahogany is a hardwood grown on the island of Fiji. Native to Brazil, it's grown in plantations and is known for its tightly knit grain. The densely woven timber grain keeps the structure of the timber stable, and makes a very good tone wood.

Indian Rosewood

Common Names:
East Indian Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, sonokeling.
Scientific Name: Dalbergia latifolia.
Native to: India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

Indonesian Rosewood

Common Names:
East Indian Rosewood, Indonesian Rosewood, sonokeling.
Scientific Name: Dalbergia latifolia.
Native to: India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

Macassar Ebony

Common Names:
Macassar Ebony, Striped Ebony, Amara Ebony.

Scientific Name:
Diospyros celebica.

Native to:
Southeast Asia.

Pale Moon Ebony

Common Name: Black and White Ebony, Pale Moon Ebony.
Scientific Name: Diospyros malabarica (syn. Diospyros embryopteris, D. peregrina).
Native to: Laos and Southeast Asia.

Purple Heart

Common Names: Purple-heart, Amaranth.
Scientific Name: Peltogyne spp.
Native to: Central and South America (from Mexico down to southern Brazil).

Queensland Mahogany

Common Names:
Red stringybark, Red Messmate, Daintree Stringybark, large-fruited Red Mahogany, Queensland Mahogany.

Scientific name:
Eucalyptus resinifera, E. pellita.
Family: Myrtaceae.

Queensland Maple

Common Names:
Queensland Maple.

Scientific Name:
Flindersia spp. (F. brayleyana).

Native to: Northern Queensland, Australia.

Queensland Silky oak

Common Names:
Northern Silky Oak, Australian Lacewood.
Scientific Name:
Cardwellia sublimis.
Native to:
Queensland, Australia.

Queensland Walnut

Common Names:
Queensland Walnut, Oriental-wood.

Scientific Name:
Endiandra palmerstonii.

Native to:
Northern Queensland, Australia.

Tasmanian & Victorian Figured Blackwood

Common Names:
Australian Blackwood, Tasmanian Blackwood, Acacia Blackwood.
Scientific Name:
Acacia melanoxylon.
Native to: Tasmania and eastern Australia; also introduced to Africa, South America, and southern Asia.

Victorian Ash

Common Names:
Mountain Ash, Victorian Ash.

Scientific Name:
Eucalyptus regnans.

Native to:
Southeastern Australia.
(Also grown on plantations).

Wenge

Common Name:
Wenge.

Scientific Name:
Millettia laurentii.

Native to:
Central Africa.

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