WOOD SPECIES
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ARCHITECTS AND SPECIFIERS

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Wood Information

NAME: Acacia

Scientific Name: Acacia Mangium / Acacia Auricoliforium

Dry Weight: 40 lbs/ft3 (635 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: African Padouk

Scientific Name: Pterocarpus soyauxii

Dry Weight: 46 lbs/ft3 (740 kg/m3)

Durability: Durable

Wood Information

NAME: Apitong

Scientific Name: Dipterocarpus spp.

Dry Weight: 35-45 lbs/ft3 (790 KG/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Ash (EU)

Scientific Name: Fraxinus excelsior

Dry Weight: 42 lbs/ft3 (680 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Ash (US White)

Scientific Name: Fraxinus americana

Dry Weight: 42 lbs/ft3 (675 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Beech

Scientific Name: Fagus grandifolia

Dry Weight: 46 lbs/ft3 (730 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Belian

Scientific Name: Eusideroxylon zwageri

Weight: 70 lbs/ft3 (1125kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Wood Information

NAME: Caribbean Pine

Scientific Name: Pinus caribaea

Weight: 39 lbs/ft3 (625 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Cherry (American)

Scientific Name: Prunus serotina

Dry Weight: 37 lbs/ft3 (595 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Cladocalyx (Eucalyptus)

Scientific Name: Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Dry Weight: 68 lsb/ft3 (1090 kg/m3)

Durability: Durable

Wood Information

NAME: Dark Red Meranti

Scientific Name: Shorea spp.

Weight: 44 lbs/ft3 (450-700kgs/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Doussie

Scientific Name: Afzelia spp.

Weight: 50 lbs/ft3 (805 kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Wood Information

NAME: Gmelina

Scientific Name: Gmelina arborea Roxb

Weight: 31 lbs/ft3 (480kgs/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Grandis

Scientific Name: Eucalyptus grandis

Dry Weight: 53 lbs/ft3 (850 kg/m3)

Durability: Durable

Wood Information

NAME: Ipil-Ipil

Scientific Name: Leucaena leucocephala

Dry Weight: 50 lbs/ft3 (800 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Kamarere

Scientific Name: Eucalyptus deglupta

Dry Weight: 43 lbs/ft3 / 500kgs/m3

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Karri

Scientific Name: Eucalyptus diversicolor

Dry Weight: 56 lbs/ft3 (900 kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Wood Information

NAME: Kempas

Scientific Name: Koompassia malaccensis

Dry Weight: 55 lbs/ft3 (880 kg/m3)

Durability: Durable

Wood Information

NAME: Keranji

Scientific Name: Dialium patens

Dry Weight: 60 lbs/ft3

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Khaya

Scientific Name: Khaya ivorensis

Dry Weight: 43 lbs/ft3 (685 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Lenga

Scientific Name: Nothofagus Pumilio

Dry Weight: 32 lbs/ft3 (520 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Mahogany

Scientific Name: Swietenia macrophylla

Dry Weight: 41 lbs/ft3 (655 kg/m3)

Durability: Durable

Wood Information

NAME: Maple

Scientific Name: Acer saccharum

Dry Weight: 44 lbs/ft3 (705 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Mengaris

Scientific Name: Koompassia excelsa

Dry Weight: 56 lbs/ft3

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Mengkulang

Scientific Name: Heritiera spp.

Dry Weight: 45 lbs/ft3 (625 kg/m3.)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Merbau

Scientific Name: Intsia spp. (I. bijuga, I. palembanica)

Dry Weight: 52 lbs/ft3 (825 kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Wood Information

NAME: Oak

Scientific Name: Quercus (white Oak)

Dry Weight: 46 lbs/ft3 (740 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Oba Suluk (Nemesu)

Scientific Name: Shorea spp.

Dry Weight: 41 lbs/ft3 (650kgs/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Okoume

Scientific Name: Aucoumea klaineana

Dry Weight: 25lbs/ft3 (400/500 kg/m³)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Poplar

Scientific Name: Liriodendron tulipifera

Dry Weight: 29 lbs/ft3 (455 kg/m3)

Durability: For interior use only

Wood Information

NAME: Red Seraya

Scientific Name: Shorea spp.

Dry Weight: 37 lbs/ft3 (450-600kgs/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Rosewood

Scientific Name: Toog (Pterisantius quadrilatus)

Weight: 52 lbs/ft3 (830 kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Weight: 52 lbs/ft3 (830 kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

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Wood Information

NAME: Sapele

Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum

Weight: 42 lbs/ft3 (670 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Teak

Scientific Name: Tectona grandis

Weight: 41 lbs/ft3 (650 kg/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Wood Information

NAME: Walnut (American)

Scientific Name: Juglans nigra

Weight: 41 lbs/ft3 (655 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: White Seraya

Scientific Name: Parashorea spp.

Dry Weight: 41 lbs/ft3 (400-655 kg/m3)

Durability: Moderately durable

Wood Information

NAME: Yakal

Scientific Name: Shorea leavis

Weight: 53 lbs/ft3 (850 Kgs/m3)

Durability: Very durable

Acacia

African Padouk

Apitong

Ash (EU)

Ash (US White)

Beech

Belian

Caribbean Pine

Cherry (American)

Cladocalyx (Eucalyptus)

Dark Red Meranti

Doussie

Gmelina

Grandis

Ipil-Ipil

Kamarere

Karri

Kempas

Keranji

Khaya

Lenga

Mahogany

Maple

Mengaris

Mengkulang

Merbau

Oak

Oba Suluk (Nemesu)

Okoume

Poplar

Red Seraya

Rosewood

Sapele

Teak

Walnut (American)

White Seraya

Yakal