Wood Pallete and species available from around the world

BOTANICAL NAME:

Millettia laurentii

COLOUR:

The sapwood is gray-white, the heartwood is fresh and light, later darkening to coffee brown. to black violet, partially with brown veins

Characteristics:

Wenge is very decorative, with its coarse pores exhibiting light or dark filler. Slightly shimmering medullary rays are visible.

Applications:

architectural wood for furniture production, panelings, parquet floorings, construction lumber for interior and outside

WENGE QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Millettia laurentii

COLOUR:

The sapwood is gray-white, the heartwood is fresh and light, later darkening to coffee brown. to black violet, partially with brown veins

Characteristics:

Wenge is very decorative, with its coarse pores exhibiting light or dark filler. Slightly shimmering medullary rays are visible.

Applications:

architectural wood for furniture production, panelings, parquet floorings, construction lumber for interior and outside

WENGE FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Entandrophragma cylindricum

COLOUR:

Initially pale pink to purple brown, darkens quickly to deep redbrown

Characteristics:

very decorative hard wood Depending on the type of cut, interesting effects can be achieved: quarter-slicing yields a plain veneer pattern, flat slicing yields flowery structure.

Applications:

furniture faces, paneling, doors, cabinet work, parquet flooring, doors, pianos, construction lumber

SAPELE QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Entandrophragma cylindricum

COLOUR:

Initially pale pink to purple brown, darkens quickly to deep redbrown

Characteristics:

very decorative hard wood Depending on the type of cut, interesting effects can be achieved: quarter-slicing yields a plain veneer pattern, flat slicing yields flowery structure.

Applications:

furniture faces, paneling, doors, cabinet work, parquet flooring, doors, pianos, construction lumber

SAPELE FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Khaya ivorensis

COLOUR:

heartwood pale pink to light brown to light red, darkening under light influence without loosing its golden shimmer

Characteristics:

can easily be worked with all tools, suitable for knife cutting

Applications:

furniture, windows, architectural paneling, interior design, woodworks

KHAYA

BOTANICAL NAME:

Guibourtia demeusei

COLOUR:

The color scale ranges from pink to shimmering reddish brown to reddish violet, narrow grained, expressive color variations

Characteristics:

hard wood, good technical properties, decorative pattern

Applications:

automotive interiors, furniture making, store building, Sinterior finishing. Also used for inlay and for making design furniture and musical instruments.

BUBINGA CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Aningeria robusta

COLOUR:

heartwood pale yellow to brown to pale pink grey

Characteristics:

good dyability, very uniform, simple texture with narrow, faint stripes

Applications:

furniture production and interior design, veneer for serial furniture (bedrooms), substitute for Cherry and Walnut veneers

ANIGRE

BOTANICAL NAME:

Pterocarpus soyauxii

COLOUR:

whitish sapwood, heartwood intensely colored from coral red to orange brown, aging to deep red color

Characteristics:

dense, hard and bendable wood, very decorative

Applications:

heavy construction wood, parquet, furniture,

PADOUK

BOTANICAL NAME:

Swietenia mahagoni

COLOUR:

Pale pink.

Characteristics:

Applications:

Its wood is used in making furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, inlay, boat, caskets and many more. Its wood is a very popular material for drum making.

INDIAN MAHOGHONY

BOTANICAL NAME:

Microberlinia brazzavillensis

COLOUR:

Zebrano is double-colour wood – light and dark. They compete with each other like day and night.

Characteristics:

It is a heavy, hard wood with a somewhat coarse texture, often with an interlocked or wavy grain. The interlocked grain of this wood, like that of many tropical woods, can make it difficult to work.

Applications:

Zebrano is valued in production of parquet, decorative interior items, veneer for doors. This tree was often used in interior trim of German executive-class cars.

ZEBRANO

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The coloring tends towards soft pink.

Characteristics:

when exposed to light the wood takes on a warm tone. Fine pores, very uniform and typically exhibiting a semi gloss

Applications:

Owing to its exclusive elegance, it has been preferred for furniture. Cherry is used in interior finishing for all wall and ceiling paneling, doors and for furniture built into business and presentation rooms.

CHERRY

BOTANICAL NAME:

Quercus rubra

COLOUR:

whitish yellow to grey sapwood, heartwood pale reddish to pinkish brown

Characteristics:

strong hardwood, mostly straight grained with coarse texture

Applications:

Used for furniture, construction wood, interior house finish, doors, boxes, pallets, crates, handles

RED OAK

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The coloring tends toward violet-brown

Characteristics:

Fine, flowery pattern or also a striped texture. Its peculiar texture gives walnut a very elegant, sleek look. Highest quality, suffused with history. Extravagant, unusual and yet familiar.

Applications:

Its exclusive veneer is traditionally considered well-suited to design. It is used as a notably high-quality decorative wood in the furniture industry.

WALNUT QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The coloring tends toward violet-brown

Characteristics:

Fine, flowery pattern or also a striped texture. Its peculiar texture gives walnut a very elegant, sleek look. Highest quality, suffused with history. Extravagant, unusual and yet familiar.

Applications:

Its exclusive veneer is traditionally considered well-suited to design. It is used as a notably high-quality decorative wood in the furniture industry.

WALNUT FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Quercus alba

COLOUR:

Variable from pale yellowish-brown to medium-brown, sometimes with a pink tinge

Characteristics:

American white oak is a hard, heavy wood, and has low stiffness and good overall strength, making it increasingly popular as a structural timber. It also has very good steam bending properties. White oak machines well and is easy to glue, nail and screw. It readily accepts stains and polishes to a good finish. The heartwood is susceptible to lyctid borer attack and to termites.

Applications:

An attractive and appealing timber for architects, furniture designers and furniture manufacturers.American White Oak is used for a wide range of constructional work including shipping and boat building, flooring, architectural joinery, exterior joinery, railways sleepers and timber bridges due to its strength and resistance to decay. It is traditional for high-grade furniture, interior woodwork and panelling. Because of its impermeability, the timber is suitable for vats and casks holding liquids such as wine and spirits. White oak is used extensively in Japanese martial arts for some weapons

WHITE OAK

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

light brownish red

Characteristics:

Plain structure with fine pores scattered throughout

Applications:

Beech is used for high-quality furniture and interior works.

STEAM BEECH

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The sapwood is white to light yellow, while the heartwood is light to dark brown.

Characteristics:

Fine pores, scattered, noticeable wide and high wood rays

Applications:

For furniture, furniture parts, carpentry work, wainscoting, flooring, kitchen articles or veneer paneling

SYCOMORE

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

the color of the ash is yellowish white.

Characteristics:

It has striped pattern with a particularly expressive structure.

Applications:

large-surface wall and ceiling paneling, as well as for furniture.

WHITE ASH

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

Soft yellow

Characteristics:

Plain structure with fine pores scattered throughout

Applications:

Beech is used for high-quality furniture.Beech is one of the most frequently used veneers. Apart from door construction, beech is also used in interior finishing.

WHITE BEECH

BOTANICAL NAME:

Grevillea robusta

COLOUR:

Characteristics:

Applications:

Before the advent of aluminum, the timber from this tree was widely used for external window joinery as it is resistant to rotting. It was also popular for making furniture.

INDIAN LACEWOOD

BOTANICAL NAME:

Swietenia mahagoni

COLOUR:

Pale pink.

Characteristics:

Applications:

Its wood is used in making furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, inlay, boat, caskets and many more. Its wood is a very popular material for drum making.

INDIAN MAHOGHONY QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Terminalia tomentosa

COLOUR:

brown color ranging from light brown to grey brown, chocolate brown, intensely darkening under influence of UV light

Characteristics:

heavy and elastic hardwood

Applications:

decorative face veneers, seating furniture

LAUREL FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Terminalia tomentosa

COLOUR:

brown color ranging from light brown to grey brown, chocolate brown, intensely darkening under influence of UV light

Characteristics:

heavy and elastic hardwood

Applications:

decorative face veneers, seating furniture

LAUREL QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Toona ciliata

COLOUR:

Red cedar is valued for its appearance, with heartwood ranging from a pale pinkish red through to a richer dark reddish brown. The sapwood is paler pink or yellow in colour and is distinctive from the heartwood.

Characteristics:

Red cedar is soft and has good workability. It nails and glues well. Red cedar can also be painted, stained and polished and it finishes well, however its rough texture may require extra work.

Applications:

Red cedar is used mainly for appearance-based internal application such as decorative veneers, paneling and furniture. It has also been used for boat building and carving.

RED CEDAR

BOTANICAL NAME:

Dalbergia latifolia

COLOUR:

The sapwood of the East Indian is white greyish to creamy yellowish, the heartwood varies in color from golden brown to dark purple-brown and has nearly regular stripes from dark veins

Characteristics:

This wood is straight grained, intensively striped, has a uniform and medium-coarse texture, while the structure exhibits alternating spiral growth.

Applications:

interior design, furnitures, panelings, parquets, musical instruments, inlays, carvings

ROSEWOOD FLAT CROWN CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Dalbergia latifolia

COLOUR:

The sapwood of the East Indian is white greyish to creamy yellowish, the heartwood varies in color from golden brown to dark purple-brown and has nearly regular stripes from dark veins

Characteristics:

This wood is straight grained, intensively striped, has a uniform and medium-coarse texture, while the structure exhibits alternating spiral growth.

Applications:

Interior design, furnitures, panelings, parquets, musical instruments, inlays, carvings

ROSEWOOD QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Tectona grandis

COLOUR:

dark yellow when first cut, darkening to deep brown under exposure to light, dark olive brown to black stripes

Characteristics:

very resistant against insects and decay, surface is slightly oily, instead of varnishing Teak is usually oiled;

Applications:

used as lumber, plywood and veneers for furniture, architectural woodworks, interior design, joinery, cabinetry, panelings, parquet flooring, ship and boat building, dock and harbour works

TEAK QUARTER

BOTANICAL NAME:

Millettia laurentii

COLOUR:

The sapwood is gray-white, the heartwood is fresh and light, later darkening to coffee brown. to black violet, partially with brown veins

Characteristics:

Wenge is very decorative, with its coarse pores exhibiting light or dark filler. Slightly shimmering medullary rays are visible.

Applications:

architectural wood for furniture production, panelings, parquet floorings, construction lumber for interior and outside

WENGE QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Millettia laurentii

COLOUR:

The sapwood is gray-white, the heartwood is fresh and light, later darkening to coffee brown. to black violet, partially with brown veins

Characteristics:

Wenge is very decorative, with its coarse pores exhibiting light or dark filler. Slightly shimmering medullary rays are visible.

Applications:

architectural wood for furniture production, panelings, parquet floorings, construction lumber for interior and outside

WENGE FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Entandrophragma cylindricum

COLOUR:

Initially pale pink to purple brown, darkens quickly to deep redbrown

Characteristics:

very decorative hard wood Depending on the type of cut, interesting effects can be achieved: quarter-slicing yields a plain veneer pattern, flat slicing yields flowery structure.

Applications:

furniture faces, paneling, doors, cabinet work, parquet flooring, doors, pianos, construction lumber

SAPELE QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Entandrophragma cylindricum

COLOUR:

Initially pale pink to purple brown, darkens quickly to deep redbrown

Characteristics:

very decorative hard wood Depending on the type of cut, interesting effects can be achieved: quarter-slicing yields a plain veneer pattern, flat slicing yields flowery structure.

Applications:

furniture faces, paneling, doors, cabinet work, parquet flooring, doors, pianos, construction lumber

SAPELE FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Khaya ivorensis

COLOUR:

heartwood pale pink to light brown to light red, darkening under light influence without loosing its golden shimmer

Characteristics:

can easily be worked with all tools, suitable for knife cutting

Applications:

furniture, windows, architectural paneling, interior design, woodworks

KHAYA

BOTANICAL NAME:

Guibourtia demeusei

COLOUR:

The color scale ranges from pink to shimmering reddish brown to reddish violet, narrow grained, expressive color variations

Characteristics:

hard wood, good technical properties, decorative pattern

Applications:

automotive interiors, furniture making, store building, Sinterior finishing. Also used for inlay and for making design furniture and musical instruments.

BUBINGA CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Aningeria robusta

COLOUR:

heartwood pale yellow to brown to pale pink grey

Characteristics:

good dyability, very uniform, simple texture with narrow, faint stripes

Applications:

furniture production and interior design, veneer for serial furniture (bedrooms), substitute for Cherry and Walnut veneers

ANIGRE

BOTANICAL NAME:

Pterocarpus soyauxii

COLOUR:

whitish sapwood, heartwood intensely colored from coral red to orange brown, aging to deep red color

Characteristics:

dense, hard and bendable wood, very decorative

Applications:

heavy construction wood, parquet, furniture,

PADOUK

BOTANICAL NAME:

Swietenia mahagoni

COLOUR:

Pale pink.

Characteristics:

Applications:

Its wood is used in making furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, inlay, boat, caskets and many more. Its wood is a very popular material for drum making.

INDIAN MAHOGHONY

BOTANICAL NAME:

Microberlinia brazzavillensis

COLOUR:

Zebrano is double-colour wood – light and dark. They compete with each other like day and night.

Characteristics:

It is a heavy, hard wood with a somewhat coarse texture, often with an interlocked or wavy grain. The interlocked grain of this wood, like that of many tropical woods, can make it difficult to work.

Applications:

Zebrano is valued in production of parquet, decorative interior items, veneer for doors. This tree was often used in interior trim of German executive-class cars.

ZEBRANO

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The coloring tends towards soft pink.

Characteristics:

when exposed to light the wood takes on a warm tone. Fine pores, very uniform and typically exhibiting a semi gloss

Applications:

CHERRY

BOTANICAL NAME:

Quercus rubra

COLOUR:

whitish yellow to grey sapwood, heartwood pale reddish to pinkish brown

Characteristics:

strong hardwood, mostly straight grained with coarse texture

Applications:

Used for furniture, construction wood, interior house finish, doors, boxes, pallets, crates, handles

RED OAK

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The coloring tends toward violet-brown

Characteristics:

Fine, flowery pattern or also a striped texture. Its peculiar texture gives walnut a very elegant, sleek look. Highest quality, suffused with history. Extravagant, unusual and yet familiar.

Applications:

Its exclusive veneer is traditionally considered well-suited to design. It is used as a notably high-quality decorative wood in the furniture industry.

WALNUT QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The coloring tends toward violet-brown

Characteristics:

Fine, flowery pattern or also a striped texture. Its peculiar texture gives walnut a very elegant, sleek look. Highest quality, suffused with history. Extravagant, unusual and yet familiar.

Applications:

Its exclusive veneer is traditionally considered well-suited to design. It is used as a notably high-quality decorative wood in the furniture industry.

WALNUT FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Quercus alba

COLOUR:

Variable from pale yellowish-brown to medium-brown, sometimes with a pink tinge

Characteristics:

Applications:

WHITE OAK

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

light brownish red

Characteristics:

Plain structure with fine pores scattered throughout

Applications:

Beech is used for high-quality furniture and interior works.

STEAM BEECH

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

The sapwood is white to light yellow, while the heartwood is light to dark brown.

Characteristics:

Fine pores, scattered, noticeable wide and high wood rays

Applications:

For furniture, furniture parts, carpentry work, wainscoting, flooring, kitchen articles or veneer paneling

SYCOMORE

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

the color of the ash is yellowish white.

Characteristics:

It has striped pattern with a particularly expressive structure.

Applications:

large-surface wall and ceiling paneling, as well as for furniture.

WHITE ASH

BOTANICAL NAME:

COLOUR:

Soft yellow

Characteristics:

Plain structure with fine pores scattered throughout

Applications:

Beech is used for high-quality furniture.Beech is one of the most frequently used veneers. Apart from door construction, beech is also used in interior finishing.

WHITE BEECH

BOTANICAL NAME:

Grevillea robusta

COLOUR:

Characteristics:

Applications:

Before the advent of aluminum, the timber from this tree was widely used for external window joinery as it is resistant to rotting. It was also popular for making furniture.

INDIAN LACEWOOD

BOTANICAL NAME:

Swietenia mahagoni

COLOUR:

Pale pink.

Characteristics:

Applications:

Its wood is used in making furniture, fixtures, musical instruments, inlay, boat, caskets and many more. Its wood is a very popular material for drum making.

INDIAN MAHOGHONY QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Terminalia tomentosa

COLOUR:

brown color ranging from light brown to grey brown, chocolate brown, intensely darkening under influence of UV light

Characteristics:

heavy and elastic hardwood

Applications:

decorative face veneers, seating furniture

LAUREL FLAT CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Terminalia tomentosa

COLOUR:

brown color ranging from light brown to grey brown, chocolate brown, intensely darkening under influence of UV light

Characteristics:

heavy and elastic hardwood

Applications:

decorative face veneers, seating furniture

LAUREL QUARTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Toona ciliata

COLOUR:

Characteristics:

Red cedar is soft and has good workability. It nails and glues well. Red cedar can also be painted, stained and polished and it finishes well, however its rough texture may require extra work.

Applications:

Red cedar is used mainly for appearance-based internal application such as decorative veneers, paneling and furniture. It has also been used for boat building and carving.

RED CEDAR

BOTANICAL NAME:

Dalbergia latifolia

COLOUR:

The sapwood of the East Indian is white greyish to creamy yellowish, the heartwood varies in color from golden brown to dark purple-brown and has nearly regular stripes from dark veins

Characteristics:

This wood is straight grained, intensively striped, has a uniform and medium-coarse texture, while the structure exhibits alternating spiral growth.

Applications:

interior design, furnitures, panelings, parquets, musical instruments, inlays, carvings

ROSEWOOD FLAT CROWN CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Dalbergia latifolia

COLOUR:

The sapwood of the East Indian is white greyish to creamy yellowish, the heartwood varies in color from golden brown to dark purple-brown and has nearly regular stripes from dark veins

Characteristics:

This wood is straight grained, intensively striped, has a uniform and medium-coarse texture, while the structure exhibits alternating spiral growth.

Applications:

interior design, furnitures, panelings, parquets, musical instruments, inlays, carvings

ROSEWOOD QURTER CUT

BOTANICAL NAME:

Tectona grandis

COLOUR:

dark yellow when first cut, darkening to deep brown under exposure to light, dark olive brown to black stripes

Characteristics:

very resistant against insects and decay, surface is slightly oily, instead of varnishing Teak is usually oiled;

Applications:

used as lumber, plywood and veneers for furniture, architectural woodworks, interior design, joinery, cabinetry, panelings, parquet flooring, ship and boat building, dock and harbour works

TEAK QUARTER

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