Furniture Timber Species Index
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| Silver Ash Botanical Name: Flindersia schottiana. Description: Large hardwoods limited to the coastal rainforest region between Ingham and Cooktown in Queensland. The timber is of medium and even texture with a generally straight grain although some interlocked grain can be present. Usage: Mainly used for furniture, cabinetwork, panelling and veneer. |
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| Spotted Gum Botanical Name: Eucalyptus maculata. Description: Very widely distributed - from Southern Victoria through New South Wales into Central Queensland on the coastal plains. The timber is usually interlocked with the marked wavy pattern which produces a fiddleback appearance. The sapwood is distinct - very much paler than the heartwood but there is an unclear zone between the heartwood and softwood which can complicate preservation treatment and grade classification. Usage: Flooring, marine decking, furniture, staircase, decking, tool handles, construction and the timber is available as a veneer. |
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| Surian Cedar Botanical Name: Toona surianii. Description: A medium to large hardwood of the Philippines. Grain can be either straight or interlocked. Texture is moderately coarse. The timber has a characteristic cedar like fragrance due to the exudation of an essential oil, which is sometimes present on the timber’s surface. Usage: Furniture, joinery, carving, small woodwares. |
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| Tasmanian Blackwood Botanical Name: Acacia melanoxylon. Description: A medium sized hardwood mainly available from Tasmania but found through South Australia and up the Eastern coast to Queensland. The timber is of medium and even texture with a generally straight grain although wavy grain produces an attractive fiddleback appearance. Usage: Principally used in high class furniture and cabinet work due to its excellent appearance.It is also used for panelling, turnery, flooring, carving and gun stocks. It is available as a veneer. |
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| Taun Botanical Name: Pometia pinnata. Description: A large hardwood growing throughout the South Pacific but as far west as Sri Lanka. Generally straight grained but areas of interlocked grain can be present. Texture is from fine to coarse depending on the region the timber comes from. Usage: Construction, flooring, joinery, furniture, turnery, carving, mouldings, plywood and veneer. |
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| Teak Botanical Name: Tectona grandis. Description: A large hardwood indigenous to Burma, India and other parts of South East Asia. Now widely introduced into Africa, South America, Caribbean and other parts of Asia as a plantation tree. Burmese Teak is straight grained with an uneven texture alternating better smooth and coarse. Oily to the touch due to the presence of an oleo resin. Distinctive odour. Indian Teak has wavy grain and is mottled. Plantation Teak is a less rich colour that older forest Teak and lacks many of the properties of old growth timber. Calcium oxalate deposits may be found as white inclusions. Usage: Extensive use in ship and boatbuilding. Furniture and cabinet making, joinery, garden furniture. Its acid resistant properties have seen it used in chemical vats and laboratory benches. Decorative veneers. |
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| Tigerwood Botanical Name: Astronium fraxinifolium. Description: Interlocked grain, with a medium texture. Hard and soft material alternate in layers. Usage: Very high quality furniture, turnery, fancy goods and decorative veneer. |
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U species for furniture are not available. |
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V species for furniture are not available. |
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| Wattle (Black) Botanical Name: Acacia mearnsii. Description: Black wattle is seen as a large shrub or small tree in south-eastern Australia - ranging from Sydney, New South Wales through Victoria and into the south eastern corner of South Australia. It also occurs in northern Tasmania. Grown as a plantation species in India and South Africa where the bark is used in tannin extraction and the timber converted to pulp. The grain varies from straight to cross or interlocked. Texture is medium and even. Usage: Furniture, woodware, poles and fuel. |
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| Wenge Botanical Name: Millettia laurentii. Description: A medium hardwood mainly found in Zaire, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon. Usually straight grain with a coarse texture. Usage: A very attractive timber for high class furniture, inlay work, flooring, turnery and decorative veneers. |
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X species for furniture are not available. |
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Y species for furniture are not available. |
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Z species for furniture are not available. |
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