Botanical Name: (Mangifera Indica)
A medium to large tree that frequently grows to around 50-65 feet in height and 2-3 feet in diameter. Mango is hard, moderately heavy, works easily and sands beautifully making wonderful furniture and musical instruments. This wood has a good bright tone similar to Hawaiian Koa.
Botanical Name: (Swietenia Macrophilla
Sinker Honduras Mahogany is river salvaged Belizean Mahogany. The Mahogany tree is one of the Belize's magnificent giants of the forest. Rising straight and tall to over a hundred feet from great buttresses at the roots, it emerges above the canopy of the surrounding trees with a crown of large, shining green leaves. In the early months of the year, when the leaves fall and new red-brown growth appears, the tree can be spotted from a great distance. Due to the age of these logs, this material is very old growth timber. The color is excellent and the grain is tight. Some of the material is even figured, and has a very interesting natural edge. The texture has been sculpted by the river and is very pleasing to the eye.
Botanical Name: (Agathis Vitiensis)
Ancient Kauri is a unique material with an amazing beauty and intriguing history. It is commonly regarded as the oldest wood available in the world. Ancient Kauri has been buried underground in New Zealand for approximately 50,000 years, yet it is as workable as newly-harvested wood.
The Ancient Kauri has a powerful beauty. The grain and tones of the wood are lovely, and it has a powerful shimmering irridescence. The glow of Ancient Kauri adds to its beauty and illustrates that this is no ordinary timber, but something quite special.
Botanical name: (Terminalia superba)
This is BLACK LIMBA (aka Korina).
Botanical name: (Cedrela odorata)
Spanish Cedar timber is found, Italy, Turkey, in the West Indies and from Southern Mexico to Northern Argentina
It is a pinkish to red heartwood that darkens with exposure, to a red brown or red purple that is lighter and redder than Mahogany.
Spanish Cedar wood is straight grained, but can be interlocked. It has a fine and uniform texture
with a tone is very similar to Mahogany.
Botanical name: (Acer Saccharinum)
Ambrosia maple comes from regular soft and hard Maple trees that have been infested by the ambrosia beetle. The small beetle bores a network of tunnels and short galleries called cradles. A fungus is responsible for the blue, gray and brown streaks and decorative patch work that accompany each tunnel and adjacent wood. The streaks and patch work add a unique look to this hardwood without affecting its structural integrity. This wood is mostly found in the central part of the Eastern United States. The tunnels made from the beetles are extremely small. The infestation of the ambrosia beetle is terminated during the drying process and will not start again in dry wood as the beetle needs somewhat wet wood to survive.
Botanical name: (Cordia dodecandra)
This Mexican Ziricote is striking in appearancewith spider-webbing similar to Brasilian Rosewood, but in shades of gery, olive and black rather than the red and black of traditional rosewoods. Always visually stunning. It is heavier than most rosewoods with great tonal and aesthetic qualities. This wood has nice spider-webbing with gorgeous figure for which Ziricote is known.
Botanical name: (Guibourtia ehie)
Ovangkol or shedua is from Western Africa near the Ivory Coast. It is in the same family as Bubinga and Ovangkol or Shedua of the same family as Bubinga and as such shares many tonal qualities. It has the depth of Rosewood but with the much better snap associated with medium density woods such as Koa and Walnut. The grain is interlocked and the texture is moderately coarse. Works fairly easily with hand or machine tools but saws slowly. Ovangkol is a very attractive wood and is highly sought for musical instruments.
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