Sample	Species	Description
	Pau Rosa Peroba Swartzia fistuloides   Brazil	Peroba takes in a large group of timbers which range in color from a light creamy yellow to vibrant pink. Pau Rosa has a marble appearance of yellows, pinks and streaks of light purple. It is a very strong wood and takes on a marble-like polish.
	Persimmon Bara-Bara, Possum Wood Diospyros virginiana   Southern USA	Color is creamy white to light yellow or grayish-brown. The grain is fairly straight and dense, and the wood is fine and even-textured and takes an excellent finish. Most famous as the wood used in golf club "woods",
	Pink Ivory Red Ivorywood Rhamnus zeyheri   South Africa	The heartwood is uniformly yellow-brown with a red-gold luster. The pore structure is fine and the growth rings have alternate light and dark colored areas giving a characteristic pink-red striped figure. The grain is straight to interlocked or irregular and the texture moderately fine and even. This very hard, heavy, tough wood is exceptionally strong.
	Purpleheart Amaranth, Nazareno, Violetwood Peltogyne spp   Amazon basin, Colombia, Guyana, Surinam, & Vanezuela	This wood is best known for its unusual purple color and has exceptional bending strength (far stronger than Maple, Oak, or Teak) with a high tolerance to shock loading. It is highly desired by hobbyists and craftsmen who use this hard heavy wood in small projects. The trees grow to 150 feet with trunk diameters up to 48 inches. Purpleheart will slowly lose its color and turn to a rich-brown hue when cut due to oxidation.  More>
	Redheart	Redheart is a term used for the heartwood of hickory. (It is always possible that the suppliers have a foreign wood that they have renamed.) If it is hickory, then it will be quite hard.
	Rosewood, Bolivian Morado Machaerium schleroxylon   Central & South America	Morado is a dense, easily worked wood, purplish tan in color and streaked with brown or black figure. It has a Walnut-like scent and takes a beautiful natural polish.
	Rosewood, Brazilian Bahia Rosewood, Rio Rosewood Dalbergia nigra   Brazil	Varies in color from shades of brown to red or violet, and is irregularly streaked with black. The grain is typically straight, occasionally wavy. Texture is medium to coarse and of medium luster.
	Rosewood, Honduras Nogaed Dalbergia stevensonii   Honduras & Belize	Fairly scarce. Color is pink to purple brown with darker and lighter bands in attractive combinations. The grain is typically straight and the texture is medium to fine with a low to medium luster.
	Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) American sycamore, American plane tree, buttonball, buttonwood, and water beech USA	Favored for butcher blocks but also used for interior furniture (quarter-sawn lumber mainly), boxes (primarily food containers), crates, slack cooperage, flooring, pallets, handles, and veneer.  Can be difficult to work due to interlocked fibers. Splits fairly easily. Turns easily and finishes smoothly.
	Tasmanian Myrtle Tasmanian Beech Nothofagus cunninghamii   Australia	Tasmanian Myrtle can be a large tree. It is actually a Beech tree with no obvious resemblance to the European Myrtle - the name Myrtle has stayed after long usage by foresters and bushwalkers. A fine grained medium density hardwood, which lends itself easily to a variety of stains and finishes, the natural color of Myrtle varies from pink through red to purple. Used extensively in fine furniture making and by craftsmen to produce exclusive items.
	Tulipwood Bois de Rose, Pau Rosa, Pinkwood Dalbergia frutescens   Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, & Venezuela	Tulipwood is hard and dense with an elegant pink-yellow heartwood with a pronounced stripe of pink to deep red. The wood is so hard that it dulls the cutting edges of cutting tools. Because of the striking grain and luster, the wood is a favorite with craftsmen who use it for decorative pieces.
	Black Walnut, American Walnut Juglans nigra   USA	Black Walnut is sought after for its great beauty and toughness. It is fairly straight grained but can be wavy with a course texture and a dark brown to purplish black color. Its workability is good and it glues well while holding its bending properties. It accepts natural wood finishes extremely well and can be polished to a fine finish.
	Wenge Dikela, Pallissandre du Congo Millettia laurentii   Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, & Zaire	Wenge is in limited supply in the US market because of low yields and high expense of harvesting the heartwood. The grain of Wenge is expressive with a straight to roey grain. The color is a rich dark brown to black with fine, closely spaced dark veins and white lines. The tree is medium sized reaching heights of 50 to 60 feet with trunk diameters of 30 to 36 inches.
	Yellowheart, Pau Amarillo Brazilian Satinwood, Euxylophora paraensis   Brazil	This interesting species exhibits colors that range from yellow through orange to red. This is a heavy hard wood that is compact with a medium texture. Pau Amerillo is very durable with great resistance to preservative treatment - a favorite for fancy turnery and decorative veneers.
	Yellow Poplar American Whitewood Liriodendron tulipifera   USA, Canada	Regarded as one of the more valuable hardwoods in the eastern United States, Yellow Popular or Whitewood is a soft, non-durable wood. It has a straight, fine-textured grain and is lightweight. One hour of exposure to summer sun can heavily darken this wood.
	Zebrawood Zebrano, Zingana Microberlinia brazzavillensis   Cameroon, Congo, & Gabon	Zebrawood is a distinctive hardwood that is sometimes found in pure stands along river banks, but growing sites are reported to be quite inaccessible. Although abundant, It is an expensive wood because of its difficulty to harvest and preparation necessary to bring it to market. The heartwood is a light golden-yellow with narrow-veining streaks of dark brown to black rendering its zebra-stripe appearance.
Actual woods may vary widely from samples. Start Over