|
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
|
|
