Asher Hand-Crafts Wood Sampler
Please keep in mind that these are reqresentative samples and will look different on different monitors.
Amaranth (Purpleheart)
Botanical Name: Peltogyne spp.
Other Names: Violetwood, Amaranth, Bois Violet, Koroboreli, Sakavalli, Pau Roxom, Nazareno,
Armante, Tananeo, Morado, Saka.
Origin: Mexico, Central and South America, especially Brazil.
Natural Characteristics:Straight grain with a moderately coarse texture.
Color: Deep purple. Color changes to a rich brown as the wood matures.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Bird's Eye Maple
Botanical Name: Acer spp.
Other Names: Black maple, Black sugar maple, Hard maple, Hard rock maple, Maple, Rock maple, Sugar maple
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: Mexico, Central and South America, especially Brazil.
Natural Characteristics:Straight grain with a moderately coarse texture.
Color: Deep purple. Color changes to a rich brown as the wood matures.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Bird's Eye Maple
Botanical Name: Acer spp.
Other Names: Black maple, Black sugar maple, Hard maple, Hard rock maple, Maple, Rock maple, Sugar maple
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Deep purple. Color changes to a rich brown as the wood matures.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Bird's Eye Maple
Botanical Name: Acer spp.
Other Names: Black maple, Black sugar maple, Hard maple, Hard rock maple, Maple, Rock maple, Sugar maple
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Expensive/valuable
Bird's Eye Maple
Botanical Name: Acer spp.
Other Names: Black maple, Black sugar maple, Hard maple, Hard rock maple, Maple, Rock maple, Sugar maple
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Bird's Eye Maple
Botanical Name: Acer spp.
Other Names: Black maple, Black sugar maple, Hard maple, Hard rock maple, Maple, Rock maple, Sugar maple
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Moderate
Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Bocote
Botanical Name: Cordia alliodora
Other Names: Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks.
Availability:
Price:
Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Bubinga
Botanical Name: Guibourita demeusei
Other Names: Akume, Ebana, Essingang, Kevazingo, Okweni, Ovang, Waka
Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: From Africa; Gabon, Cameroon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Liberia and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is typically straight. Fine pores are diffused throughout the wood, which often contain a reddish gum. Texture is usually medium, and surface is highly lustrous.
Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Color is medium red-brown, with lighter red to purple veins or purplish pink to salmon red with dark veining.
Availability: Exotic
Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Expensive/Valuable
Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Butternut
Botanical Name: Juglanes cinerea
Other Names: White Walnut, oil nut.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Medium to light brown color.
Availability:
Price:
Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Cherry
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Other Names: American cherry, Wild cherry, Whiskey cherry, Black cherry, Capulin, Choke cherry, New England mahogany, Plum, Rum cherry
Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: United States
Natural Characteristics: Fine grain and smooth texture.
Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Heartwood: Light brown to dark red. Sapwood: White to cream. Cherry tends to darken with age.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Moderate
Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Cocobolo
Botanical Name: Dalbergia retusa
Other Names: Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander
Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: Central America: Along Pacific coastline from Central Mexico through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Natural Characteristics: Grain is usually straight and fine textured, Tightly pored heartwood filled with volatile oils give the wood a waxy feel
Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black.
Availability: Rare
Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Expensive/valuable
Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Hard maple
Botanical Name: Acer saccharum
Other Names: Rock, Sugar, and White maple.
Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: United States and Canada.
Natural Characteristics: Typically straight grain, although sometimes has a wavy figure or a birds eye pattern. (See other samples) The wood is very fine and even textured.
Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown.
Availability: Common
Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Moderate
Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Mahogany
Botanical Name: Swietenia macrophylla
Other Names: South American Mahogany.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Straight grain, fine even texture.
Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
Availability:
Price:
Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Reddish brown to medium red.
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Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Padauk
Botanical Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii
Other Names: Padouk, Vermillion, barwood, camwood, Mbe, Mbil, Mututi, Ngula, Bosulu
Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin: From Africa; Cameroon, Zaire, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.
Natural Characteristics: The grain is generally straight to somewhat interlocked. Texture is as fine to medium.
Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Color is vivid reddish-orange initially, but changes to bright red, red or coral pink with dark streaks over time.
Availability: Exotic - endangered in some areas
Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price: Moderately expensive
Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Red Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American Red Oak, Gray Oak, Canadian Red Oak, Northern Red Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is usually straight and open. The texture depends upon the rate of growth of the tree.
Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Color is pinkish to light reddish brown or light brown, and is sometimes referred to as flesh color.
Availability: Commom
Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price:
Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Rosewood
Botanical Name: Dalbergia latfilia
Other Names: Bombay rosewood, East Indian Rosewood, Shisham, Biti, Eravidi
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Tight interlocking grain with a medium texture
Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Indonesian Rosewood has a dark brown to purplish color with grain that is almost black.
Availability:
Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price:
Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Tulipwood
Botanical Name:
Other Names: Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Paude fuso, Jacaranda rosa
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
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Origin:
Natural Characteristics: Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
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Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Color: Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet.
Availability:
Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price:
Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
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Walnut
Botanical Name: Juglanes nigra
Other Names: American Black Walnut, American Walnut.
Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
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Origin:
NaturalCharacteristics: Tough wood, medium density, straight grain.
Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
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Color: Dark brown to Purplish Black.
Availability: Common
Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Price:
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
©1996-2003 Asher Hand-Crafts. All rights reserved.
White Oak
Botanical Name: Quercus spp.
Other Names: American White Oak, Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Overcup Oak
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
©1996-2003 Asher Hand-Crafts. All rights reserved.
Origin:
Natural Characteristics: The grain is open and the texture is medium to coarse.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
©1996-2003 Asher Hand-Crafts. All rights reserved.
Color: Color ranges from light tan to pale yellow brown, and may have a pinkish tinge.
Availability:
Price:
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Asher Hand-Crafts: Custom name puzzles, wooden toys, fine wood accessories
©1996-2003 Asher Hand-Crafts. All rights reserved.
Price:
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