|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Oak |
Quercus spp. |
UK, Europe, North America |
Wide variety of applications, including joinery, furniture, fittings, flooring wood strip and woodblock flooring |
Major |
- |
Regularly as reclaimed beams, floorboards, |
|
Oak, Tasmanian |
Eucalyptus delegatensis |
Australia |
General purpose timber, flooring |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Odoko |
Scottellia coriacea |
Africa |
Interior and exterior construction, furniture |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Ogea |
Daniellia spp. |
Africa |
Plywood, joinery, furniture, veneer |
Minor |
D. klainei LR/NT
D. oblonga VU |
|
|
Okoume |
Aucoumea klaineana |
Gabon |
Plywood |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Okwen |
Brachystegia spp. |
Africa |
Flooring, veneer, general construction, joinery. |
Minor |
B. kennedyi VU
B. zenkeri VU |
|
|
Olon |
Fagara heitzii |
Africa |
Interior construction, furniture, veneers. |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Opepe/ Kussia |
Nauclea diderrichii |
West Africa |
Outdoor construction, marine defence, sleepers, flooring. |
Minor |
VU |
Occasionally as beams, woodblock flooring
|
|
Padauk |
Pterocarpus spp. |
India, Myanmar, West Africa |
Joinery, flooring, boat-building
|
Minor |
P. indicus VU |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock flooring |
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Panga Panga |
Millettia stuhlmanii |
Africa |
Cabinet work, joinery, veneer, flooring, turnery, |
Minor |
- |
Regularly as woodblock flooring
musical instruments |
|
Pau Marfim |
Balfourodendron riedelianum |
Brazil |
Furniture making, flooring, construction, turnery |
Minor |
EN |
|
|
Pear |
Pyrus communis |
Europe |
Turnery, carving, drawing instruments, veneer |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Peroba Rosa
|
Aspidosperma spp. |
South America |
Fine furniture, veneer, cabinet work, flooring, interior trim and turning |
Minor |
A. polyneuron EN |
|
|
Persimmon
|
Diospyros virginiana |
North America |
Decorative ware, musical instruments, turnery |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Pine (softwood) various and types, also known
as Redwood
|
Pinus spp. |
UK, Europe (commonly in plantations), North America |
General utility work |
Major |
- |
Regularly as beams, floorboards, wood strip woodblock flooring |
|
Pine, Parana (softwood)
|
Araucaria angustifolia |
Brazil (some plantations) |
Joinery, plywood |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Pitch Pine (softwood)
|
Pinus spp. |
Southern USA, Brazil (plantations) |
Construction, plywood |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Plane, European |
Platanus hybrida |
Europe |
Veneer, general purpose handles |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Poplar |
Populus spp. |
UK, Europe |
Matches, turnery, minor craft goods |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Purpleheart
|
Peltogyne spp. |
Central and South America |
Heavy construction work, decorative purposes |
Minor |
- |
Occasionally, as beams |
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Quaruba
|
Vochysia spp. |
South America |
Carpentry, utility plywood, furniture components, interior trim, millwork |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Ramin |
Gonystylus bancanus |
Malaysia, Indonesia |
Mouldings |
Major |
VU |
|
|
Rauli |
Nothofagus procera |
South America |
Furniture, joinery, mouldings, turnery |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Rosewood |
Dalbergia spp. |
Africa, South America, India |
Furniture, musical instruments |
Minor |
Various Dalbergia species in international trade are threatened; D. nigra CITES Appdx I |
|
|
Rubberwood |
Hevea brasiliensis |
Malaysia (plantations) |
Furniture |
Major |
- |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Sapele |
Entandophragma cylindricum |
West Africa |
Furniture, joinery, decorative applications |
Major |
VU |
|
|
Sepetir
|
Sindora spp. |
South-east Asia |
Furniture, veneer, light construction, household utensils, plywood, flooring |
Minor |
S. inermis VU S. supa VU |
|
|
Sequioa, red |
Sequioa sempervirens |
North America |
Joinery |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Simpoh |
Dillenia spp. |
South-east Asia |
Plywood, interior joinery, furniture and cabinetwork |
Minor |
Several species VU |
|
|
Spruce (softwood),
also known as
Whitewood |
Picea spp. |
UK, Europe (commonly in plantations),
North America |
General purpose timber |
Major |
- |
Regularly, as beams, floorboards, wood strip and woodblock flooring |
|
Sterculia, red
|
Sterculia rhinopetala |
Africa |
Light construction work, interior joinery, boxes and crates |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Swamp sepetir |
Pseudosindora palustris |
South-east Asia |
Furniture, cabinetwork, joinery, flooring, plywood, veneers |
Minor
|
- |
|
|
Sycamore |
Acer pseudoplatanus |
Europe |
Turnery, veneers |
Major |
- |
|
|
Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
|
Tali |
Erythrophleum spp. |
Africa |
Flooring, heavy construction |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Tatajuba |
Bagassa guianensis |
South America |
Furniture, flooring, joinery, heavy construction |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Taun |
Pometia pinnata |
South-east Asia |
General purpose timber |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Tchitola |
Oxystigma oxyphyllum |
Africa |
General purpose timber, veneer, plywood |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Teak |
Tectona grandis |
South-east Asia (also in plantations elsewhere) |
High quality furniture, joinery, garden furniture |
Major |
- |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock flooring, occasionally as beams
|
|
Teak, Rhodesian |
Baikiaea plurijuga |
Southern Africa |
Exterior construction, flooring |
Minor |
LR/NT |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock flooring |
|
Terentang
|
Campnosperma brevipetiolata |
South-east Asia |
Light general purposes |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Tiama / Edinam /
Cedu nohor |
Entandrophragma angolense |
Africa |
Furniture, joinery, construction, flooring |
Minor |
VU |
|
|
Tornillo |
Cedrelingua cataeneformis |
South America |
General furniture construction, |
Minor |
- |
|
|
Tulipwood /
American poplar |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
North America |
Mouldings, drumsticks |
Minor |
- |
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