Wood Species Library
Current Archive Size: 700 Wood Species
The Exotic Woods of the World Species Library is a growing global reference of hardwood and softwood species used in woodworking, furniture making, flooring, musical instruments, and specialty crafts.
The archive currently includes documented wood species from Africa, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Caribbean.
Each species page includes identification characteristics, working properties, sustainability notes, and collector information.
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African Woods
- Abem
- African Barwood
- African Birch (Axlewood)
- African Blackwood
- African Cherry (Pygeum)
- African Mahogany
- African Padauk
- African Rosewood
- Afrormosia
- Aiele
- Andoung
- Anegre
- Atlas Cedar
- Avodire
- Azobe
- Brenan’s Bloodwood
- Boire
- Bois de Rose
- Bosse
- Brown Albizia
- Bubinga
- Camwood
- Daniellia
- Dibetou
- Doussie
- East African Mahogany
- Ebiara
- Ekpogoi
- Emien
- Framire
- Gabon Ebony
- Gombe
- Ilomba
- Iroko
- Kosso
- Koto
- Kusia
- Large-Leaved African Mahogany
- Leadwood
- Limba
- Madagascar Mahogany
- Madagascar Rosewood
- Makore
- Mansonia
- Melegba
- Mildbraed’s Pterocarpus
- Missanda
- Moabi
- Mopane
- Movingui
- Mugavu
- Mukangu
- Mukula
- Mukurwe
- Muninga
- Mutenye
- Niangon
- Niové
- Nyasaland Mahogany
- Obeche
- Okan
- Okoume
- Osan
- Osun
- Ovangkol
- Ozigo
- Ozouga
- Panga Panga
- Pau Rosa
- Peacock Flower Albizia
- Pink Ivory
- Poison-Pod Albizia
- Round-Leaved Bloodwood
- Sapele
- Senegal Mahogany
- Tali
- Tchitola
- Tessmann’s Padauk
- Tiama
- Tropical Albizia
- Utile
- Wenge
- West African Albizia
- Zebrawood
South American Woods
- Abarco
- Algarrobo
- Amarante
- Amendoim
- Andean Walnut
- Andiroba
- Angelim da Mata
- Angelim Pedra
- Angelim Vermelho
- Araribá Amarelo
- Araribá Rosa
- Aroeira
- Bahia Purpleheart
- Balsa
- Baru
- Bloodwood
- Boquerón Quebracho
- Brazilian Pau Rosa
- Brazilian Rosewood
- Cabreuva
- Cacuricabra
- Canafistula
- Canarywood
- Canela
- Catinga Purpleheart
- Caviuna
- Cedrinho
- Cedro
- Cedro Andino
- Cerejeira
- Chaco Quebracho
- Copaiba
- Copaiba Balsam
- Cuchi Caspi
- Cumaru
- Cupiuba
- Curari
- Curbaril
- Curupay
- Curupixa
- Dense-Flowered Purpleheart
- Diesel Tree
- Faveira
- Few-Flowered Purpleheart
- Freijó
- Garapa
- Greenheart
- Guatambu
- Guayacán Negro
- Hairy Purpleheart
- Horned Quebracho
- Imbuia
- Imbuia-de-Cheiro
- Ipe
- Itauba
- Jatoba
- Jatobá-da-Mata
- Jatobá-do-Cerrado
- Jatobá-Mirim
- Jequitibá Branco
- Jequitibá Rosa
- Kingwood
- Lecointe’s Purpleheart
- Leopardwood
- Louro Amarelo
- Louro Faia
- Louro Preto
- Louro Vermelho
- Mandioqueira
- Mandioqueira Lisa
- Mandioqueira Rosea
- Maranhão Purpleheart
- Marblewood
- Marupa
- Massaranduba
- Morado (Bolivian Rosewood)
- Muirabi
- Muiracatiara (Tigerwood)
- Muirapiranga
- Muiratinga
- Nato
- Palo Santo
- Paradox Purpleheart
- Paraju
- Parica
- Pashaco
- Pau Amarelo
- Pau Ferro
- Pau Jacaré
- Pau Mulato
- Pau Roxo da Vargem
- Pau Roxo do Campo
- Pau Santo
- Pequiá Marfim
- Peroba Rosa
- Peteribí
- Piquia
- Purpleheart
- Quebracho Blanco
- Quebracho Colorado
- Quebracho Serrano
- Recife Purpleheart
- Red Quebracho
- Santiago Quebracho
- Santos Rosewood
- Sessile Purpleheart
- Slender-Stem Purpleheart
- Snakewood
- Sucupira
- Sucupira Preta
- Tachi
- Tachi Preto
- Tajibo
- Tanimbuca
- Tatajuba
- Tauari (Brazilian Oak)
- Timbo
- Tornillo
- Tulipwood
- Ucuuba
- Virola
- Wamara
Asian Woods
- Alexandrian Laurel
- Amur Maple
- Andaman Padauk
- Apitong
- Asian Padauk
- Bangkirai
- Batu
- Bintangor
- Black and White Ebony
- Black Palm
- Blue Japanese Beech
- Burmese Rosewood
- Camphor
- Canary Whitewood
- Cedar of Lebanon
- Ceylon Ebony
- Ceylon Satinwood
- Chengal
- Chinese Ash
- Chinese Beech
- Chinese Catalpa
- Chinese Elm
- Chinese Hickory
- Chinese Walnut
- Coconut Palm
- Dahat Teak
- Dark Red Meranti
- David Elm
- Deodar Cedar
- East Indian Walnut
- Falcataria
- Four-Winged Bintangor
- Erman’s Birch
- Haldu
- Hayata’s Beech
- Himalayan Birch
- Himalayan Elm
- Indian Kino
- Indian Rosewood
- Ironwood (Ulin)
- Jackfruit
- Japanese Beech
- Japanese Black Pine
- Japanese Cedar (Sugi)
- Japanese Elm
- Japanese Evergreen Oak
- Japanese Maple
- Japanese Walnut
- Japanese White Birch
- Kalkora Silk Tree
- Kandis
- Kapur
- Kelat
- Kempas
- Keruing
- Laos Rosewood
- Large-Fruited Elm
- Longstalk Beech
- Macassar Ebony
- Malayan Bintangor
- Malaysian Blackwood
- Manchurian Ash
- Manchurian Walnut
- Mango
- Merbau
- Mersawa
- Mersawa Durian
- Mersawa Gajah
- Mersawa Paya
- Moluccan Albizia
- Monarch Birch
- Mulberry
- Mun Ebony
- Narra
- New Guinea Bintangor
- Nodosum Bintangor
- Palosapis
- Paperbark Maple
- Papuan Bintangor
- Paulownia
- Persimmon
- Philippine Bintangor
- Philippine Teak
- Phoebe (Nanmu)
- Ramin
- Red Balau
- Red Lauan
- Red Meranti
- Red Palm
- Red Sandalwood
- Red Siris
- Rubberwood
- Selangan Batu
- Sheesham
- Siam Rosewood
- Siberian Elm
- Silk Tree
- Sindora
- Southern Chinese Beech
- Taiwan Beech
- Tanguile
- Teak
- Teysmann’s Bintangor
- Toona
- Trident Maple
- White Lauan
- White Meranti
- White Seraya
- White Siris
- Yellow Balau
- Yellow Lauan
- Yellow Meranti
- Yellow Siris
- Yemane
North American Woods
- Alaskan Yellow Cedar
- American Ash
- American Basswood
- American Beech
- American Cherry
- American Chestnut
- American Elm
- American Hackberry
- American Holly
- American Hornbeam
- American Persimmon
- American Sycamore
- Arizona Ash
- Alaska Birch
- Arizona Walnut
- Aspen
- Balsam Fir
- Bigleaf Maple
- Bitternut Hickory
- Black Ash
- Black Cottonwood
- Black Hickory
- Black Locust
- Black Maple
- Black Oak
- Black Walnut
- Black Willow
- Blue Ash
- Boxelder
- Bur Oak
- Butternut
- Carolina Ash
- Cedar Elm
- Chestnut Oak
- Chinkapin Oak
- Claro Walnut
- Coast Redwood
- Douglas Fir
- Eastern Red Cedar
- Eastern White Pine
- Florida Elm
- Freeman Maple
- Giant Sequoia
- Grand Fir
- Gray Birch
- Green Ash
- Hard Maple
- Jack Pine
- Little Walnut
- Loblolly Pine
- Longleaf Pine
- Mesquite
- Mockernut Hickory
- Mountain Maple
- Noble Fir
- Northern Pin Oak
- Northern White Cedar
- Nutmeg Hickory
- Oregon Ash
- Osage Orange
- Pacific Madrone
- Paper Birch
- Pecan
- Pignut Hickory
- Pin Oak
- Ponderosa Pine
- Pumpkin Ash
- Red Hickory
- Red Alder
- Red Maple
- Red Oak
- River Birch
- Rock Elm
- Rocky Mountain Maple
- Sand Hickory
- Sassafras
- Scarlet Oak
- Scrub Hickory
- September Elm
- Shagbark Hickory
- Shellbark Hickory
- Silver Maple
- Sitka Spruce
- Slippery Elm
- Southern California Walnut
- Southern Live Oak
- Southern Red Oak
- Southern Shagbark Hickory
- Striped Maple
- Swamp White Oak
- Sweet Birch
- Tanoak
- Vine Maple
- Water Birch
- Water Hickory
- Water Oak
- Western Red Cedar
- White Fir
- White Oak
- Winged Elm
- Yellow Birch
- Yellow Poplar
European Woods
- Aleppo Pine
- Austrian Pine
- Black Poplar
- Blackthorn
- Bosnian Pine
- Bulgarian Fir
- Cilician Fir
- Common Hawthorn
- Common Juniper
- Cork Oak
- Cyprus Cedar
- Downy Birch
- Downy Oak
- Dutch Elm
- Dwarf Birch
- English Holly
- European Alder
- European Ash
- European Aspen
- European Beech
- European Boxwood
- European Cherry
- European Crab Apple
- European Elm
- European Hop Hornbeam
- European Hornbeam
- European Larch
- European Lime
- European Oak
- European Pear
- European Plane
- European Rowan
- European Silver Fir
- European Walnut
- European White Elm
- European Yew
- Field Maple
- Greek Fir
- Holm Oak
- Italian Alder
- Laburnum
- Large Leaved Lime
- Macedonian Pine
- Manna Ash
- Maritime Pine
- Medlar
- Montpellier Maple
- Narrow-Leaved Ash
- Nordmann Fir
- Norway Maple
- Norway Spruce
- Olivewood
- Oriental Beech
- Portuguese Laurel
- Scots Pine
- Service Tree
- Sessile Oak
- Sicilian Fir
- Silver Birch
- Small Leaved Lime
- Spanish Fir
- Stone Pine
- Strawberry Tree
- Sweet Chestnut
- Swiss Stone Pine
- Sycamore Maple
- Turkey Oak
- Turkish Hazel
- Whitebeam
- Wild Plum
- Wild Service Tree
- Wych Elm
Oceania & Pacific Woods
- Acacia Hybrid
- Alpine Ash
- Australian Blackwood
- Australian Buloke
- Australian Cypress Pine
- Australian Red Cedar
- Belah
- Black Acacia
- Blackbutt
- Blackwood Wattle
- Blue Gum
- Brigalow
- Brown Stringybark
- Brush Box
- Bunya Pine
- Celery-Top Pine
- Coachwood
- Cook Pine
- Cootamundra Wattle
- Earleaf Acacia
- Flooded Gum
- Forest Oak
- Forest Red Gum
- Gidgee
- Golden Wattle
- Grey Box
- Grey Gum
- Grey Ironbark
- Hawaiian Koa
- Highland Sheoak
- Hoop Pine
- Huon Pine
- Jarrah
- Junghuhn’s Casuarina
- Kahikatea
- Karri
- King Billy Pine
- Lemon-Scented Gum
- Mangium
- Manna Gum
- Matai
- Messmate
- Mountain Ash
- Mulga
- Myall
- Narrow-Leaved Ironbark
- New Caledonian Sheoak
- New Zealand Kauri
- Norfolk Island Pine
- Pacific Kauri
- Papuan Sheoak
- Puriri
- Queensland Kauri
- Queensland Maple
- Queensland Silky Oak
- Queensland Walnut
- Red Ironbark
- Red Mahogany
- Red Stringybark
- Rimu
- River Red Gum
- River Sheoak
- Sickle Wattle
- Silky Oak
- Silver Wattle
- Spotted Gum
- Sugar Gum
- Swamp Mahogany
- Swamp Sheoak
- Sydney Blue Gum
- Tallowwood
- Tasmanian Myrtle
- Totara
- Turpentine
- Western Swamp Sheoak
- White Cypress Pine
- White Mahogany
- Yellow Box
- Yellow Stringybark
Caribbean & West Indies Woods
- Almácigo
- Beefwood
- Black Bead
- Black Olive
- Black Torch
- Blackbead Acacia
- Blue Mahoe
- Bois d’Inde
- Breadfruit
- Buttonwood
- Calaba
- Caribbean Pine
- Caribbean Trumpet Tree
- Caribbean White Cedar
- Cocuswood
- Cuban Pine
- Cuban Royal Palm
- Dildo Wood
- Dragon’s Blood Tree
- Fiddlewood
- Gumbo-Limbo
- Hispaniolan Pine
- Horseflesh Mahogany
- Ironwood
- Jamaican Capparis
- Jamaican Cherry
- Jamaican Dogwood
- Jamaican Mahogany
- Jamaican Ironwood
- Jamaican Teak
- Lancewood
- Lignum Vitae
- Logwood
- Marlberry
- Masticwood
- Nakedwood
- Paradise Tree
- Pigeon Plum
- Poisonwood
- Princewood
- Puerto Rican Royal Palm
- Roughbark Lignum Vitae
- Sabicu
- Satinleaf
- Sea Grape
- Seven Year Apple
- Shortleaf Fig
- Spanish Elm
- Torchwood
- West Indian Boxwood
- West Indian Laurel
- West Indian Mahogany
- West Indian Satinwood
- West Indian Walnut
- White Cinnamon
- White Stopper
- Whitewood
- Wild Tamarind
- Yellow Elder
Central American Woods
- Acapulco Rosewood
- Almendro
- Balsamo
- Barba de Jolote
- Black Cabbage Bark
- Bocote
- Bullhorn Acacia
- Ceiba
- Chakte Viga
- Chechen
- Chiapas Pine
- Cocobolo
- Cortez Blackwood
- Cristobal
- Durango Pine
- Goncalo Alves
- Granadillo
- Gregg’s Pine
- Guachipelín
- Guácimo
- Guácimo Colorado
- Guanacaste (Parota)
- Guayacan Real
- Hartweg’s Pine
- Honduran Mahogany
- Honduran Rosewood
- Honduras Pine
- Hormigo
- Jobillo
- Katalox
- Macawood
- Machiche
- Manchiche
- Maximino’s Pine
- Mexican Ash
- Mexican Beech
- Mexican Hickory
- Mexican Purpleheart
- Michoacán Pine
- Monkeypod
- Montezuma Pine
- Mora
- Nanche
- Nargusta
- Nazareno
- Nispero
- Ocote Pine
- Ojoche
- Pacific Mahogany
- Palo Blanco
- Panama Rosewood
- Patula Pine
- Pilón
- Primavera
- Pucté
- Rain Tree
- Roble
- Sangre
- Sangre de Toro
- Santa Maria
- Smooth-Bark Mexican Pine
- Spanish Cedar
- Tamarindo
- Teocote Pine
- Tzalam
- Verawood
- Zapote
- Ziricote
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