Different types of wood timber by A to Z
Use this page to help you determine to the best alternative if you
can't buy Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) certified timber.
The table below contains the following information for each species
of tree:
- Common and scientific name*
- Country of origin
- Common uses
- Whether it is threatened with extinction (see key below)
- Whether reclaimed timber of that tree species is available
- How much it is used in the UK
* listed alphabetically by common name and according to type of tree
eg. American Cedar is listed under Cedar American
Key to threat classification |
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CR |
Critically Endangered: a very high risk of extinction
in the wild |
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EN |
Endangered: a high risk of extinction in the wild |
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VU |
Vulnerable: at risk of extinction |
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LR (NT) |
Lower risk (near threatened): close to qualifying
as Vulnerable |
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Table of different types of wood timber by A to Z
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Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
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Utile / sipo |
Entandophragma utile |
West Africa (Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire) |
Furniture, fitments, joinery, construction |
Major |
VU |
Regularly as wood strip and woodblock
flooring |
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Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
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Virola |
Virola spp. |
South America |
Plywood, mouldings, interior joinery |
Minor |
V. surinamensis EN |
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Vitex Minor |
Vitex confassus |
South-east Asia |
Boxes and crates, utility furniture,
joinery |
Minor |
– |
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Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
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Wallaba |
Eperua falcata |
South America |
Heavy construction, poles, industrial
flooring |
Minor |
– |
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Walnut, African /dibetou
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Lovoa trichilioides |
West and Central Africa |
Furniture and panelling |
Minor |
VU |
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Walnut |
Juglans spp. |
Europe, North America |
Furniture, joinery, gun butts |
Minor |
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Regularly as antique panelling and veneered
doors |
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Walnut, |
Endiandra palmerstonii |
Queensland Australia |
Furniture, interior joinery and construction,
veneers |
Minor |
– |
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Wawa / Samba / Obeche / Ayous |
Triplochiton scleroxylon |
Africa |
Kitchen furniture, mouldings, hidden
work, plywood |
Major
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– |
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Wenge |
Millettia laurentii |
Central Africa |
Furniture, decorative veneers, speciality
uses |
Minor |
EN |
Regularly as woodblock flooring |
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Willow |
Salix spp. |
UK, Europe |
Cricket bats, basket work, toys and other
items |
Minor |
– |
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Common name |
Scientific name |
Origin |
Uses |
Level of use in the UK |
Global threat status |
Available as reclaimed? |
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Yew (softwood) |
Taxus baccata |
UK, Europe |
Decorative veneer |
Minor |
– |
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