Please
note:- Sizes and Species available of
these Exotic woods are subject to
availability.
Many of these exotic timbers come from
small trees, so large size pieces of
some species are rare.
ASH
- American (Fraxinus
spp.)
Pau
- Amarello - Brazil (Euxylophora
paraensis)
Bright
yellow
,
works
well
to
a
lustrous
finish.
Beech - European
(Fagus sylvatica)
Blackwood
- East Africa (Dalbergia
melanoxylon)
Bloodwood
- South America (Brosimum
paraense)
Great
permanent
blood
red
colour,
hard
&
heavy
turns
&
finishes
very
well.
Bocote -
Mexico Mexican Rosewood (Cordia
gerascanthus)
Heartwood
is rich,
golden
brown
beautifully
marked
with
darker
brown
stripes,
often
showing
irregular
markings.
Great
to turn.
Bubinga
- West Africa (Guibourtia demeussi)
Cherry
- American (Prunis
serotina.)
Light
pinkish
-
brown
to
dark
reddish-brown,
good
turning
or
carving
wood.
Cocobolo
- Mexico/ Nicaragua (Dalbergia retusa)
Danta
- Africa (Cistanthera
papaverifera)
Ebony -
Stripey Papua New
Guinea (Diospyros
spp.)
Ebony
- Black West Africa (Diospyros crassiflora)
Granadillo
- Central America (Playmiscium yucatanum)
Jelutong
- Indonesia (Dyera costulata)
Kauri
- Malaysia
{Agathis dammara)
Mahogany
- West Africa (Khaya
ivorensis)
Light
pink-brown
that
darkens
when cut
to a
reddish
brown.
Turns
&
finishes
well and
has a
lustrous
quality.
Mahogany
- Honduras South
America (Swietenia macrophylla)
Maple
- American Rock (Acer saccharum)
OAK
- American (Quercus spp.)
Padauk
African West
Africa (Pterocarpus soyauxii)
Purpleheart
- Brazil (Peltogyne
pubescens)
Rosewood
- PNG (Pterocarpus indicus)
Golden
brown
colour, easy
to turn or
carve,
finishes to
a high
lustre.
Rosewood
- Sonokeling Indonesia
(Dalbergia latifolia)
Walnut
- American (Juglans nigra.)
Wenge
- West Africa (Millettia laurentii)
Ziracote
- Central America
(Cordia dodecandra)
Grey
brown
with
almost
black
lines.
Hard
and
heavy
with
a
fine
close
grain.
Zebrano
- West Africa (Microberlinia brazzavillensis)
Please
note:- Sizes and Species available of
these Exotic woods are subject to
availability.
Many of these exotic timbers come from
small trees, so large size pieces of
some species are rare.
We
also stock a large range of selected
Australian Timbers.
