Kaudamu Botanical Name: Myristica chartacea.
Description: Endemic to Fiji. The grain is straight with an attractive figure when quarter sawn. The texture is medium.
Usage: Furniture, veneers, joinery, turnery, plywood.
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Koto Botanical Name: Pterygoto bequaertii.
Description: A large hardwood from the West African rainforests. The texture is moderately coarse and the grain is interlocked. Quartered surfaces show a flecked figure due to high rays.
Usage: Principally a veneer and plywood timber but is also used in furniture, interior joinery and utility work. |
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Kwila Botanical Name: Intsia bijuga.
Description: A large hardwood of wide distribution throughout Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji. It is also found growing in north Queensland. The grain is sometimes interlocked and the texture is moderately coarse. Growth rings are fairly distinct. Kwila has a characteristic oily odour which persists even after drying.
Usage: Furniture, flooring, staircase, decking, turnery, construction, tool handles and decorative veneer. |
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L species for furniture are not available.
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Makore Botanical Name: Tieghemella heckelii.
Description: A large hardwood distributed throughout West African. Usually straight grained but many figured logs have a watered silk appearance, or a chequered mottle. The texture is fine to medium and even.
Usage: Furniture, flooring, turnery, high class joinery, exterior joinery, marine plywood and decorative veneers. |
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N.G.Rosewood Botanical Name: Pterocarpus indicus.
Description: Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South-East Asia. The grain is wavy, interlocked or crossed. The texture is moderately fine and uneven due to the ring-porous structure. The timber has a characteristic fragrant odour. Rosewood can be highly figured- fiddleback, curly and ripple are common as figure. It has a persistent fragrance.
Usage: Furniture, high class joinery, musical instruments, decorative veneer, panelling, staircase, carved and turned items and novelties. |
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Nyatoh Botanical Name: Palaquium maingayi.
Description: Large hardwoods of South-east Asia and the Philippines. Straight to shallowly interlocked. Texture is moderately fine and even. Silica deposits may be present.
Usage: Furniture and cabinet making, interior joinery, interior building construction. Plywood and veneer. |
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O species for furniture are not available.
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P species for furniture are not available.
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Queensland Maple Botanical Name: Flindersia brayleyana.
Description: A large rainforest hardwood of North Queensland. The grain can be straight or interlocked, wavy or curly, producing a wide range of figure. “Bird’s eye” figure is common on rotary cut veneer.
Usage: An excellent furniture timber, panelling, cabinet work, rifle stocks, turnery and decorative veneer. |
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Radiata Pine Botanical Name: Pinus radiata.
Description: A large pine that is native to a very small region of the seabord of California, principally the Monterey Peninsula. It is now the most widely grown commercial pine with significant plantations in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America. It grows well in cooler regions. Grain is normally straight but spiral grain can be found close to the pith- - usually within the first 10 growth rings. Texture is fine and even. The growth rings are prominent due to the difference between late and early wood.
Usage: Multiple - construction, turnery, fencing, poles, furniture, framing, trusses, crating, pulp production, veneers, plywood, cladding, panelling, staircase and decking. |
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Sapele Botanical Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum.
Description: A very large hardwood found throughout Central, West and East Africa. Texture is fine and even. Grain is interlocked or wavy, which presents a ribbon figure on quarter cut surfaces. Fiddle back, mottle and roe figure can also be found. Sapele has a cedar like fragrance when cut.
Usage: Furniture and cabinet work, joinery, doors, flooring. Considerable quantities go to plywood and decorative veneer. |
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Silky Oak Botanical Name: Cardwellia sublimis.
Description: A medium to tall hardwood of limited distribution in northern Queensland between Townsville and Bloomfield on the coastal plains. Straight grain with a coarse texture.
Usage: Fine furniture, joinery, turnery, veneer. |
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