|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Abura
|
Mitragyna ciliata
|
West Africa
|
Interior joinery
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Afara
|
Terminalia superba
|
Africa
|
Plywood, interior use
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Afrormosia
|
Pericopsis elata
|
West Africa
|
Furniture, joinery
|
Minor
|
EN; CITES Appx II
|
|
|
Afzelia
|
Afzelia spp.
|
West Africa
|
Top quality exterior joinery
|
Minor
|
A. africana VU
A. bipindensis VU
A. pachyloba VU
|
|
|
Agba
|
Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum
|
West Africa
|
Plywood, furniture
|
Minor
|
EN
|
|
|
Alder
|
Alnus glutinosa
|
UK, Europe
|
Minor utility products
|
Minor
|
-
|
Occasionally, as beams
|
|
Alstonia
|
Alstonia spp.
|
Africa
|
Various, depending on density
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Andiroba
|
Carapa guianensis
|
South America
|
Turnery
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Andoung
|
Monopetalanthus spp.
|
Africa
|
Furniture, light construction, plywood, boxes and crates
|
Minor
|
M. durandii VU
M. compactus VU M heitzii LR/NT
|
|
|
Antiaris
|
Antiaris spp.
|
Africa
|
Veneer, plywood, furniture, joinery, boxes and crates, light construction
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Asanfona
|
Aningeria spp.
|
Africa
|
Musical instruments, heavy construction, marine, furniture, flooring
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Ash UK,
|
Fraxinus spp.
|
UK, Europe, North America
|
Light coloured furniture, panelling, tool handles
|
Major
|
-
|
Occasionally, as flooring
|
|
Apple
|
Malus sylvestris
|
UK, Europe
|
Minor craft items
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Ayan
|
Distemonanthus benthamianus
|
Africa
|
Outdoor construction, marine construction, furniture, decorative veneers
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Balau / Selangan batu /bangkirai
|
Shorea spp.
|
South-east Asia
|
Heavy duty construction work
|
Major
|
Many Shorea spp. in international trade are CR, EN or VU
|
|
|
Balsa
|
Ochroma lagopus
|
Ecuador
|
Model making, insulation
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Basralocus
|
Dicornia guianensis
|
South America
|
Marine and dock work
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Beech
|
Fagus spp.
|
UK, Europe, North America
|
Furniture, flooring, musical instruments
|
Major
|
-
|
Regularly, as wood strip and woodblock flooring
|
|
Berlinia, red
|
Berlinia spp.
|
Africa
|
Heavy construction, furniture and cabinetwork, veneers, panelling
|
Minor
|
B. occidentalis VU
|
|
|
Bintangor
|
Calophyllum spp.
|
South-east Asia
|
General purpose timber, musical instruments
|
Minor
|
Some species are threatened
|
|
|
Binuang
|
Octomeles sumatrana
|
South-east Asia
|
Plywood, light construction, furniture components, cabinetwork
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Birch
|
Betula spp.
|
UK, Europe, North America
|
General purpose timber, plywood
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Black bean
|
Castanospermum australe
|
Australia
|
Furniture, cabinetwork, joinery
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Black locust
|
Robinia pseudoacacia
|
Europe, America
|
Poles, agricultural implements, furniture
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Blackbutt
|
Eucalyptus pilularis
|
Australia
|
General purpose timber, construction (including marine), flooring
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Blackwood, African
|
Dalbergia melanoxylon
|
Africa
|
Musical instruments, craft products
|
Minor
|
LR/NT
|
|
|
Blue gum
|
Eucalyptus saligna
|
Australia
|
General purpose timber, also used for paper
|
Minor
|
-
|
Occasionally, as wood strip flooring
|
|
Boxwood, European
|
Buxus sempervirens
|
Europe
|
Turnery, craftwork, sports goods, musical instruments
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Bubinga Minor
|
Copaifera salikounda
|
West Africa
|
Veneer, furniture
|
Minor
|
VU
|
Regularly, as woodblock flooring
|
|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Caimito
|
Pouteria spp.
|
South America
|
Light construction, furniture, cabinet work
|
Minor
|
Several species are threatened
|
|
|
Canarium
|
Canarium schweinfurthii
|
Africa
|
Light construction, furniture, veneer, plywood.
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Cedar, American
|
Cedrela spp.
|
South and Central America
|
Cabinet making, boatbuilding, light construction
|
Minor
|
C. odorata VU, CITES Appdx III (Peruvian population)
C. fissilis EN
C. lilloi EN
|
|
|
Cedar, pencil (softwood)
|
Juniperus virginiana/J. procera
|
J. virginiana: North America J. procera:
East Africa
|
Specialist uses
|
Minor
|
J. procera LR (NT)
|
|
|
Cedar, western red
(softwood)
|
Thuja plicata
|
North America,
|
Exterior use, cladding some UK plantations
|
Minor
|
-
|
Regularly, as beams
|
|
Celtis
|
Celtis spp.
|
Africa
|
Furniture, cabinets, carving, veneer.
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Cherry, European
|
Prunus spp.
|
UK, Europe,
North America
|
Specialised crafted furniture and decorative work, musical instruments
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Chestnut, horse UK,
|
Aesculus hippocastanum
|
Europe
|
Minor goods, turnery and utensils
|
Minor
|
-
|
Regularly, as beams
|
|
Chestnut, sweet
|
Castanea sativa
|
UK, Europe
|
Furniture, joinery, fencing
|
Minor
|
-
|
Regularly, as beams
|
|
Chontaquiro
|
Diplotropis martiussi
|
South America
|
Outdoor and marine construction
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Coigue
|
Nothofagus dombeyi
|
South America
|
Furniture, joinery, mouldings, turnery
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Cordia
|
Cordia millenii
|
Africa
|
Exterior cladding, furniture, joinery
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Cottonwood
|
Bombax spp.
|
Africa
|
Plywood, blockboard, boxes and crates, furniture
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Curupay / Curapixa
|
Anadenanthera macrocarpa
|
South America
|
Heavy construction, flooring, turnery
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Dafo
|
Terminalia brassii
|
South-east Asia
|
Veneer, furniture, cabinet work, joinery,
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Dahoma
|
Piptadeniastrum africanum
|
Africa
|
Heavy construction, wharf decking, flooring
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Danta
|
Nesogordonia papaverifera
|
Africa
|
Furniture, turnery, flooring, tool handles
|
Minor
|
VU
|
|
|
Denya
|
Cyclicodiscus gabunensis
|
Africa
|
External construction
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Durian
|
Durio spp.
|
South-east Asia
|
Furniture, veneer, plywood, light construction
|
Minor
|
Several species are VU
|
|
|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Ebony
|
Diospyros spp.
|
Africa, Asia
|
Cutlery handles, musical instruments, craftwork.
|
Minor
|
Several species in international trade are EN or VU
|
Regularly, as antique escutcheons, door knobs
|
|
Ekki / Azobe / Kaku West
|
Lophira alata
|
Africa
|
Sea defences, sleepers
|
Minor
|
VU
|
Occasionally, as woodblock flooring
|
|
Elm
|
Ulmus spp.
|
UK, Europe, North America
|
Furniture, joinery, flooring, external cladding
|
Minor
|
-
|
Regularly, as floorboards
|
|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Fir, Douglas (softwood)
|
Pseudotsuga taxifolia / P. menziesii
|
UK, Europe (plantations)
North America
|
Plywood, structural work, sea defences
|
Major
|
-
|
Regularly, as floorboards
|
|
Fir, silver (softwood)
|
Abies alba
|
UK (plantations),
|
Building, joinery, packaging
|
Minor
|
-
|
Northern Europe
|
|
Freijo
|
Cordia goeldiana
|
South America
|
Joinery, veneer, construction
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Fromager
|
Ceiba pentandra
|
Africa, South America
|
Veneer, weak packaging
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Common name
|
Scientific name
|
Origin
|
Uses
|
Level of use in the UK
|
Global threat status
|
Available as reclaimed?
|
|
Gmelina
|
Gmelina arborea
|
Native to South Asia, timber is from tropical
plantations
|
Light construction, packaging,furniture
|
Minor
|
-
|
|
|
Gombe
|
Didelotia spp.
|
Africa
|
Plywood, blockboard, veneers, particleboard, furniture, joinery
|
Minor
|
D. idae LR/NT D. unifoliolata LR/NT
|
|
|
Greenheart
|
Chlorocardium rodiei / Ocotea rodiaei
|
Guyana
|
Sea defences
|
Minor
|
VU
|
Regularly, as beams
|
|
Guarea
|
Guarea cedrata / Guarea thompsonii
|
Central and West Africa
|
Furniture and exterior work
|
Minor
|
G. cedrata VU
G. thompsonii VU
|
|
