Wood Properties and Information (Primarily from the wood-database.com website) | ||||||
Alph Order | Wood | Scientific Name | Janka Hardness Rating | Avg Dried Wt (lbs/ft3 | Distribution | Other Common Names |
93 | Quebracho | (Schinopsis quebracho) | 4570 | 77 | Tropical South America | Quebracho Colorado, Red Quebracho |
59 | Lignum Vitae | (Guaiacum officinale) | 4390 | 78.5 | Central America and northern South America | palo santo, guayacan, holywood, genuine lignum vitae |
107 | Rosewood (Patagonian) | Anadenanthera colubrina | 3840 | Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivi |
Curupau,
Curupay (not a true rosewood)
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112 | Snakewood | (Brosimum guianense) | 3800 | 75.7 | Coastal regions of northeast South America | letterwood, amourette |
20 | Camel Thorn | (Vachellia erioloba) | 3680 | 74 | Southern Africa | Giraffe Thorn |
1 | African Blackwood | (Dalbergia melanoxylon) | 3670 | 79 | Dry savanna regions of central and southern Africa | mpingo (Swahili), grenadilla |
51 | Katalox | (Swartzia cubensis) | 3660 | 71.6 | Southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America | Mexican ebony |
100 | Rosewood (Guyana) | Swartzia | 3660 | 67 | Southern Mexico, Central America, and northern South America | Wamara |
35 | Ebony (Brown) | (Caesalpinia paraguariensis) | 3590 | 72 | Semi-arid regions of South America | Guayacan |
58 | Leadwood | (Combretum imberbe) | 3570 | 76 | From South Africa north to Tanzania | Leadwood |
49 | Ipe | (Handroanthus spp.) | 3510 | 69 | Tropical Americas (Central/South America); farmed commercially | Brazilian Walnut, Lapacho |
34 | Ebony (Brazillian) | 3400 | 73.7 | South America | Coracao de negro | |
76 | Mopane | (Colophospermum mopane) | 3390 | 67 | Southern Africa | Mopani |
19 | Burmese Blackwood | (Dalbergia cultrata) | 3350 | 66 | Southeast Asia | Khamphi Roswood, Laos Rosewood |
53 | Kingwood(Brazil) | (Dalbergia cearensis) | 3340 | 74.9 | Brazil (and occasionally from Mexico) | violetta |
15 | Brazillian Chestnut(Red) | (Dipteryx odorata) | 3330 | 68 | Northern South America | Cumaru, Brazilian Teak |
28 | Desert Ironwood | (Olneya tesota) | 3260 | 75 | Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico | Desert Ironwood |
89 | Pink Ivory | (Berchemia zeyheri) | 3230 | 65 | Southern Africa | Red Ivorywood |
37 | Ebony (Macassar) | (Diospyros celebica) | 3220 | 70 | Southeast Asia/Pacific Islands | Striped Ebony, Amara Ebony |
66 | Mahogany (Mountain) | (Cercocarpus ledifolius) | 3200 | 69 | Western United States and northern Mexico | Mountain Mahogany |
103 | Rosewood (Malaysian) | Diospyros ebonasea | 3180 | 72 | Endemic to Malaysia | Malaysian Blackwood |
18 | Bullet Wood | (Manilkara bidentata) | 3130 | 67 | Caribbean, Central and South America | Massaranduba |
36 | Ebony(Gabon) | (Diospyros crassiflora) | 3080 | 60 | Equatorial West Africa | Gaboon Ebony, African Ebony, Nigerian Ebony, Cameroon Ebony |
38 | Ebony(Mun) | (Diospyros mun) | 3000 | 67 | Laos and Vietnam | Vietnamese Ebony |
94 | Rhodesian Teakwood | (Baikiaea plurijuga) | 2990 | 56 | Primarily Zimbabwe and other countries in southern Africa | Rhodesian Teak, Zambesi Redwood |
26 | Chico Zapote | (Manilkara zapota) | 2970 | 65 | Southern Mexico and Central Americ | Zapote, Sapodilla |
27 | Cocobolo | (Dalbergia retusa) | 2960 | 68.5 | Central America | cocabola or cocobola |
84 | Pau Rosa | (Bobgunnia fistuloides) | 2940 | 64 | Small clusters within African rainforests | Pau Rosa |
13 | Bloodwood | (Brosimum rubescens) | 2900 | 66 | Tropical South America | Satine |
109 | Rosewood (Tiete) | (Guibourtia hymenaeifolia) | 2790 | 59 | South America | Patagonian Cherry, Sirari |
102 | Rosewood(Madagascar) | (Dalbergia baronii) | 2720 | 58 | Madagascar | Palisander |
80 | Olivewood | 2710 | 61.2 | Native to Mediterranean Region | Olive, European olive, Italian olive, Mediterranean olive, Bethlehem olive | |
97 | Rosewood(Burmese) | (Dalbergia oliveri) | 2710 | 59 | Primarily Myanmar (formerly Burma),other southeast Asian nations | Burmese Rosewood |
95 | Rosewood (Amazon) | (Dalbergia spruceana) | 2700 | 68 | Brazil, Venezuela, and Bolivia | Amazon Rosewood |
64 | Macawood (Macacauba) | (Platymiscium pinnatum) | 2700 | 59 | Central and South America | Macacauba, Macawood, Hormigo, Orange Agate |
41 | Granadillo | Dalbergia retusa | 2700 | northern South America | cocuswood | |
50 | Jatoba | (Hymenaea courbaril) | 2690 | 57 | Central America, S. Mexico, N. South America, West Indies | Brazilian Cherry |
63 | Live Oak | (Quercus virginiana) | 2680 | 63 | Southeastern United States | Southern Live Oak |
81 | Osage Orange | (Maclura pomifera) | 2620 | 54 | South-central United States | Horse Apple, Hedge Apple, Bois d’arc |
42 | Green Heart | (Chlorocardium rodiei) | 2530 | 63 | Northeastern South America (primarily Guyana and Suriname) | Greenheart |
72 | Marble Wood | (Zygia racemosa) | 2530 | 63 | Northeastern South America | Angelim Rajado |
92 | Purple Heart | (Peltogyne spp.) | 2520 | 56.4 | Central and South America (from Mexico down to southern Brazil) | amaranth, roxinho, violeta |
117 | Tulipwood | (Dalbergia decipularis) | 2500 | 60 | Northeastern Brazil | Tulipwood |
116 | Tambootie | (Spirostachys africana) | 2480 | 60 | Southern Africa | Tambuti, Tambotie, Sandalo |
106 | Rosewood (Para) | Leguminosae | 2450 | Southern Mexico and the Brazilian Amazon region | ||
99 | Rosewood (East India) | (Dalbergia latifolia) | 2440 | 52 | Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, sonokeling | India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia |
9 | Beefwood | (Grevillea striata) | 2420 | 60 | Western Australia | Beefwood |
17 | Bubinga | (Guibourtia spp.) | 2410 | 56 | Equatorial Africa | kevazingo, African rosewood |
25 | Chechen | (Metopium brownei) | 2400 | 55 | Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Guatemala, Belize, SE Mexico | black poisonwood, Caribbean rosewood |
86 | Persimmon | (Diospyros virginiana) | 2300 | 52 | Eastern United States | White Ebony |
24 | Chakte-viga | (Caesalpinia platyloba) | 2250 | 58 | Tropical areas of Mexico and Central America | Paela, Aripin |
101 | Rosewood (Honduran) | (Dalbergia stevensonii) | 2200 | 64 | Very limited range primarily within Belize (British Honduras) | Honduras rosewood |
40 | Goncalo Alves | (Astronium graveolens) | 2170 | 57 | From Mexico southward to Brazil | tigerwood, jobillo, muiracatiara |
29 | Dogwood | (Cornus florida) | 2150 | 51 | Eastern North America | Flowering Dogwood |
78 | Mystery Wood | 2030 | 58 | Southeast Asia | ||
12 | Black Palm | (Borassus flabellifer) | 2020 | 61 | Tropical Asia and Africa | Palmyra Palm |
14 | Bocote | (Cordia elaeagnoides) | 2010 | 53 | Mexico and Central/South America | Bocote |
125 | Ziricote | (Cordia dodecandra) | 1970 | 50 | Central America and Mexico | Ziricote |
83 | Pau Ferro | (Machaerium spp.) | 1960 | 54 | Tropical South America (mainly Brazil and Bolivia) | Bolivian Rosewood, Santos Rosewood |
96 | Rosewood (Bolivian) | 1960 | 54 | Tropical South America (mainly Brazil and Bolivia) | Pau Ferro | |
120 | Wenge | (Millettia laurentii) | 1930 | 54.2 | Central Africa | Wenge |
16 | Brown Heart | (Vouacapoua americana) | 1880 | 62 | Northeastern South America | Wacapou |
56 | Kwila | 1840 | 51 | From East Africa to Southeast Asia and Australia; New Guinea | Merbau, Kwila, Ipil | |
124 | Zebrawood | (Microberlinia brazzavillensis) | 1830 | 50 | West Africa | Zebrano |
119 | Wawabima | 1810 | ||||
122 | Yellow Heart | (Euxylophora paraensis) | 1790 | 52 | Brazil | Pau Amarello |
33 | Black & White Ebony | (Diospyros malabarica) | 1780 | 51 | Laos and southeast Asia | Pale Moon Ebony |
48 | Hornbeam | (Carpinus caroliniana) | 1780 | 49 | Eastern North America | Blue Beech |
6 | Applewood | 1730 | 52 | Native, Found throughout most temperate climate | Apple, Crab Apple, Wild Apple | |
82 | Padauk | (Pterocarpus soyauxii) | 1710 | 46.5 | Central and tropical west Africa | African padauk, vermillion |
11 | Black Locust | (Robinia pseudoacacia) | 1700 | 48 | Central-eastern United States | robinia, false acacia |
123 | Yew | (Taxus brevifolia) | 1600 | 44 | Pacific Northwest North America | Pacific Yew, Oregon Yew |
47 | Honey Locust | (Gleditsia triacanthos) | 1580 | 47 | South-central and eastern United States | Honey Locust |
90 | Plum | (Prunus domestica) | 1550 | 50 | Widely cultivated in temperate areas worldwide | Plum |
45 | Hickory | Carya | 1550 | 43 | Southeastern United States | Water Hickory |
22 | Congona | Brosimum Alicastrum | 1520 | 55 | ||
21 | Canarywood | (Centrolobium spp.) | 1520 | 52 | South America (from Panama down to southern Brazil | Canary |
87 | Pheasant Wood | (Senna siamea) | 1490 | 50 | Native to South/Southeast Asia,planted throughout the tropics | Pheasantwood |
69 | Birdseye Maple | Acer | 1450 | 44 | Northeastern North America | Birdseye Maple |
70 | Curly Maple | Acer | 1450 | 44 | Primarily temperate regions in the Northern Hemisphere | fiddleback maple, tiger maple, flamed maple, rippled maple |
71 | Hard Maple | (Acer saccharum) | 1450 | 44 | Northeastern North America | sugar maple, rock maple |
5 | Apitong | 1390 | 46 | Southeast Asia | Keruing | |
110 | Sapele | (Entandrophragma cylindricum) | 1360 | 41.6 | Tropical Africa | sapelli, sapeli mahogany |
61 | White Oak | (Quercus alba) | 1350 | 47 | Eastern United States | White Oak |
111 | Shedua | Guibourtia ehie | 1330 | 51 | Tropical west Africa | Amazique, Amazoue, Mozambique, Ovangkol, |
7 | Ash | (Fraxinus americana) | 1320 | 42 | Eastern North America | White Ash, American White Ash |
8 | Beech | (Fagus grandifolia) | 1300 | 45 | Eastern United States | American beech |
77 | Myrtle Wood | (Umbellularia californica) | 1270 | 40 | Coastal regions of southwest Oregon and central California | Oregon Myrtle, California Bay Laurel, Pepperwood |
79 | Narra(Red) | (Pterocarpus indicus) | 1260 | 41 | Southeast Asia | Amboyna (burl) |
60 | Red Oak | (Quercus rubra) | 1220 | 43.8 | Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada | Red Oak |
62 | Black Oak | (Quercus velutina) | 1210 | 45 | Eastern North America | Eastern Black Oak |
105 | Rosewood (Panama or Yucatan) | (Dalbergia tucurensis) | 1210 | 42 | Yucatan Rosewood, Panama Rosewood, Nicaraguan Rosewood | Central and South America |
23 | Chakte-kok (Red Heart) | (Simira spp.) | 1210 | 40 | Southern Mexico to southern Brazil and Paraguay | Redheart, Chakte Kok |
2 | African Iroko | (Milicia excelsa | 1190 | 41.2 | Tropical Africa | African teak |
55 | Koa | (Acacia koa) | 1170 | 38 | Hawaii | Hawaiian koa |
68 | Mango | (Mangifera indica) | 1070 | 41.1 | Tropical Asia and Oceania | Hawaiian mango |
118 | Walnut | (Juglans nigra) | 1010 | 38 | Eastern United States | Black walnut, American walnut |
43 | Guarea | Meliaceae | 940 | 37 | Bosse, Nigerian pearwood, light guarea | Bosse, Nigerian pearwood, light guarea |
75 | Monkeypod | (Samanea saman) | 900 | 38 | Central and South America | Monkey Pod, Raintree |
46 | Heart Pine | Pinus | 870 | 41 | Southeastern United States (?ranking not accurate for Heart Pine) | Longleaf Pine |
44 | Gum Red | (Liquidambar styraciflua) | 850 | 34 | Southeastern United States | Sweetgum, Redgum, Sapgum, satin |
65 | Mahogany (African) | (Khaya ivorensis) | 850 | 33.9 | Tropical Africa | African mahogany |
57 | Lacewood | (Panopsis spp.) | 840 | 36.2 | Tropical South America | Lacewood, Brazilian Lacewood, South American Lacewood |
39 | Elm | (Ulmus americana) | 830 | 35 | Eastern to Midwest United States | Soft Elm, Water Elm |
73 | Meranti | (Shorea spp.) | 800 | 42 | Southeast Asia | Lauan, Philippine Mahogany |
115 | Sycamore | (Platanus occidentalis) | 770 | 34 | Eastern United States | American Plane |
10 | Black Limba | (Terminalia superba) | 670 | 35 | Tropical western Africa | Limba, korina, afara, white limba |
113 | Southern Red Cedar | (Juniperus virginiana) | 610 | 32 | Southeastern United States | Southern Redcedar |
3 | Alder | (Alnus rubra) | 590 | 28 | Coastal western North Americ | Red alder, western red alder |
121 | Wormy Chestnut | 540 | 30 | Eastern United States | American Chestnut | |
91 | Poplar | (Liriodendron tulipifera) | 540 | 29 | Eastern United States | Poplar, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar |
104 | Rosewood (Milo) | Thespesia populnea | Pacific Islands from Island Southeast Asia | portia tree, or Pacific rosewood | ||
4 | Almond (Tropical) | (Prunus dulcis) | ||||
52 | Kikar (from India) | |||||
54 | Knobhorn | (Senegalia nigrescens) | ||||
67 | Manchichi | (Lonchocarpus spp.) | ||||
74 | Mesquite | Prosopis | North America | |||
85 | Pernambucco | Caesalpinia echinata | ||||
88 | Photenia | |||||
98 | Rosewood (Cloverleaf) | |||||
108 | Payung Rosewood | |||||
114 | Sparkleberry | |||||
30 | Dymalux | "Synthetic" | ||||
31 | Frogwood | "Synthetic" | ||||
32 | Dymond Wood/Ply | "Synthetic" |