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Our import woods are provided by suppliers from around the world with whom we have developed the relationships and standards for consistent, high-quality hardwoods. The samples you see here are only a partial listing of what we offer. Please contact your sales representative to request additional information on these or other species.

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Andiroba Carapa guianensis		South America • The wood is a light mahogany color to red-brown. Mostly straight grained but occasionally interlocked with ripple marks. The texture varies coarse to fine.
Anigre Aningeria adolfi-friederici		Africa • Heartwood is cream to tan with pinkish tinge. Generally with straight grain, but sometimes wavy producing a mottled figure. Quartered surfaces show a growth ring figure. Texture is medium to coarse.
Beech, European Fagus sylvatica		Europe • The natural color varies from almost white to red brown, with little difference between sapwood and heartwood. The timber is straight grained with a fine even texture, and easily machines and sands to an excellent finish.
Bubinga aka African Rosewood Guibourtia demeusei		Africa • Medium red–brown with lighter red to purple veining. In the quartered figure it exhibits considerable “flame” figure and in flat sawn offers a “rosewood graining”. Texture is moderately coarse but even.
Cedar, Spanish Cedrela odorata		South America • The heartwood is light red-brown in color with a pungent cedar odor. Texture is medium to fine.
Cumaru aka South American Chestnut Dipteryx sp		South America • Fresh heartwood is reddish or purplish brown with streaks; upon exposure gradually becomes uniform light or yellowish brown. Texture is fine and appears oily.
Ipe Tabebuia serratifolia		South America • Heartwood is olive brown to black and usually features striping. The sapwood is much lighter, usually white or yellow. The material is fine textured and appears oily; fine ripple marks may be present.
Iroko aka African Teak Clorophora excelsa		Africa • Golden-orange to brown, the material may contain hard deposits of calcium carbonate embedded in grain. Texture is moderately fine and even.
Jatoba aka Brazilian Cherry Hymenaea courbaril		South America • When first milled is a tan/salmon color with black striping which turns a rich deep red color over time. Texture is medium to coarse.
Lacewood Roupala brasiliensis		South America • A reddish brown species with an unusual graining pattern which consists of a multitude of “eyes”. Texture is fine to medium.
Mahogany, African Tropical West, Central & East Africa		Heartwood varies from light to deep reddish brown. Grain straight to interlocked. Moderately course texture to medium.
Mahogany, Genuine aka Honduras Mahogany Swietenia Macrophylla		Central & South America • The heartwood color varies from light to dark redish dark brown to deep rich red. The grain is straight to interlocked. The texture is medium to coarse and uniform.
Mahogany, Santos Myroxylon balsamum		South America • Rich dark mahogany colored wood, a superior choice to genuine mahogany. Moderately coarse texture.
Padauk, African Pterocarpus soyauxii		Africa • The heartwood is a vivid blood red toning down to dark purple brown with red streaks upon exposure. Moderately coarse texture.
Purpleheart Peltogyne paniculata		South America • Truly purple and a bold purple color at that! Very dense and with fine graining.
Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum		Africa • The heartwood has a medium to dark reddish color, characterized by a well-defined ribbon striped figure on quartered surfaces. Texture is fairly fine.
Teak Tectona grandis		Asia • Yellow brown heartwood and grayish white sapwood. Generally straight grained with a course, uneven texture, medium luster and an oily feel.
Walnut, Peruvian Juglans neotropica		South America • Rich medium to dark brown wood and is similar in appearance to North American Walnut, but without the cream colored sap wood. Texture is rather coarse.
Wenge Milettia laurentii		Africa • This deep brown and black colored wood is heavy and dense with straight grains. It has very close, fine black veins and white lines. Texture is coarse.