|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Hemlock, western
(softwood) |
Tsuga heterophylla |
UK, Europe (plantations)
North America |
Construction |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Hickory |
Carya spp. |
North America |
Sports goods, tool handles, drum sticks |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Holly |
Ilex aquifolium |
UK, Europe |
Craft work, inlays |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Hornbeam |
Carpinus betulus |
UK, Europe |
Minor items, musical instruments |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Hyedua |
Guibourtia ehie |
West Africa |
Interior construction, furniture, veneer,
turnery |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Idigbo / Emeri / Framire |
Terminalia ivorensis |
West Africa |
Joinery and outdoor work |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Ilomba
|
Pycnanthus angolensis |
Africa |
General utility timber, furniture components,
interior joinery, plywood |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Imbuja |
Phoebe / Ocotea porosa |
South America |
Interior construction, furniture |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Ipe Peroba/ Ipe
de Campos |
Paratecoma peroba |
South America |
Furniture, interior joinery, decking,
flooring, vats and tanks, veneers |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Iroko / Odum / Mvule |
Milicia excelsa |
Africa |
Garden furniture, boatbuilding, flooring
and joinery |
Major |
LR/NT |
Regularly, as wood strip and woodblock
flooring |
|
Izombe |
Testulea gabonensis |
Africa |
Turnery |
Minor |
EN |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Jacareuba |
Calophyllum spp. |
South America |
General purpose timber, musical instruments |
|
– |
|
|
Jarrah |
Eucalyptus marginata |
Australia |
Outdoor construction, flooring, decking,
sleepers |
Minor |
– |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock
flooring, occasionally as beams |
|
Jelutong |
Dyera costulata |
South-east Asia |
Interior work, crafts, pattern making |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Jequitiba |
Cariniana spp. |
South America |
Construction, furniture |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Kapur
|
Dryobalanops spp. |
South-east Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia) |
Exterior joinery and construction |
Minor |
D.aromatica CR Some other species EN |
|
|
Karri |
Eucalyptus diversicolor |
Australia |
Heavy duty outdoor construction, sleepers |
Minor |
– |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock
flooring, occasionally as beams |
|
Kauvula |
Endospermum medullosum |
South-east Asia |
Furniture parts, minor items |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Kempas uses |
Koompassia malaccensis |
South-east Asia |
Heavy construction |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Keruing / Yang / Curjun |
Dipterocarpus spp. |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Strength applications in hidden work
in furniture, building, and transport decking, plywood |
Major |
Many species in international trade are
CR, EN |
Regularly, as flooring
|
|
Khaya – see Mahogany,
African |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kokoti |
Anopyxis klaineana |
Africa |
Underwater construction and piling |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Kosipo / Omu |
Entandrophragma candollei |
Africa |
Furniture, flooring |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Koto |
Pterygota spp |
Africa |
Veneer, interior joinery, furniture |
Minor |
P. macrocarpa VU
P. bequaertii VU |
|
|
Kussia – see Opepe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Larch
|
Larix decidua |
UK (softwood) (plantations) Europe, Russia |
General purpose timber |
Major |
– |
|
|
Latandza |
Albizia ferruginea |
Africa |
Heavy construction, furniture, marine
work, veneer |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Lati |
Amphimas spp. |
Africa |
Interior joinery, veneer, mouldings |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Laurel, |
Chilean Laurelia aromatica |
South America |
Veneer |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Lignum vitae |
Guaiacum spp. |
Central and South |
Special bearings, tools, sports goods |
Minor G. |
officinale EN
America G. sanctum: EN Both CITES Appdx II |
|
|
Limbali
|
Gilbertiodendron spp. |
Africa |
Construction (including marine), industrial
flooring, panelling |
Minor |
Several species are VU |
|
|
Lime |
Tilia spp. |
Europe |
Brush backs, turnery, minor goods |
Minor |
– |
Regularly, as antique carving |
|
Longui |
Chrysophyllum africana |
Africa |
General purpose timber |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Louro
(see also Greenheart) |
Ocotea spp. |
South America |
Marine structures, heavy duty work |
Minor |
Several species VU |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Mahogany, |
Khaya ivorensis |
West Africa |
Utility and decorative work, indoors
and outdoors, from boatbuilding to furniture and joinery. |
Major |
African VU |
Regularly, as woodblock flooring
|
|
Mahogany, Brazilian |
Swietenia macrophylla |
Central and South America |
Joinery, high quality furniture, plywood |
Major |
VU, CITES Appdx III (populations in several
countries) |
Regularly, as woodblock flooring, occasionally
as beams |
|
Makarati |
Burkea africana |
Africa |
Flooring, furniture, joinery |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Makore
|
Tieghemella heckelii |
West Africa |
Joinery and wood work subjected to tough
environments |
Minor |
EN |
|
|
Mansonia |
Mansonia altissima |
Africa |
High class joinery and furniture |
Minor |
EN |
|
|
Maple |
Acer spp. |
North America |
Flooring, musical instruments |
Minor |
– |
Regularly, as wood strip or woodblock
flooring |
|
Mashonate / Guariuba |
Clarisia racemosa |
South America |
Construction, furniture, mouldings, flooring,
turnery |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Medang
|
Litsea spp. |
South-east Asia |
Joinery, carving, furniture, light construction,
veneer |
Minor |
L.leytensis VU |
|
|
Mengkulang |
Heriteria spp. |
South-east Asia |
Interior joinery |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Meranti / Seraya (parts of Malaysia)
and Lauan (Philippines) Red, Yellow and White
|
Shorea spp. |
South-east Asia |
All types of joinery, framing, doors
and fittings. Also used in plywood a |
Major |
Many Shorea species in international
trade are CR, EN
or |
Regularly as woodblock and wood strip
flooring, occasionally as beams |
|
Merbau VU
Pacific |
Intsia bijuga |
Asia, Africa, Australia, (main source
of timber is Indonesia,
Malaysia) |
Top quality exterior joinery |
Minor |
VU |
Occasionally as wood strip flooring |
|
Mersawa
|
Anisoptera spp. |
South-east Asia |
Light construction, furniture, plywood,
veneer, marine construction |
Minor |
many species CR, EN |
|
|
Mora |
Mora spp. |
South America |
Industrial flooring, marine and heavy
construction |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Muhimbi |
Cynometra alexandri |
Africa |
Construction, turnery |
Minor |
– |
Occasionally as woodblock flooring |
|
Muhuhu |
Brachylaena hutchinsii |
East Africa |
High quality flooring subject to heavy
wear |
Minor |
– |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock
flooring |
|
Muninga |
Pterocarpus angolensis |
Africa |
Panelling and joinery |
Minor |
LR/NT |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock
flooring |
|
Mutenye |
Guibourtia arnoldiana |
Africa |
Turnery, flooring, furniture, veneer |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Niangon |
Heritiera utilis |
West Africa |
Furniture |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Niove
|
Staudtia stipitata |
Africa |
Cabinetwork, joinery, decorative veneers,
flooring, turnery |
Minor |
– |
|
|
Nyatoh
|
Palaquium spp. |
South-east Asia |
Exterior construction, fine furniture,
veneer, musical instruments |
Minor |
Several species are VU |
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