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Common Name(S) Latin Name Afrormosia Pericopsis Elata Afzelia Afzelia Spp Common Name(s) Latin Name Afrormosia Pericopsis elata Afzelia Afzelia spp. Alder Alnus spp. Angelique Dicorynia Guianensis Aniegre Aningeria spp. Ash Fraxinus Americana/Pennsylvanica Aspen Populus tremuloides Australian Cypress White Cypress Callitris glauca Balsa Ochroma pyramida Basswood Tilia Americana Beech, American Fagus Grandifolia Birch, Yellow Betula Alleghaniensis Blackwood, African Dalbergia melanoxylon Blackwood, Australian Acacia melanoxylon Bloodwood Brosimum rubescens/paraense Bocote Cordia Gerascanthus/Elaeagniodes Brazilian Teak Cumaru Dipteryx Odorata Bubinga African Rosewood Guibourtia demeusei Butternut Juglans Cinerea Camphor Cinnamomum camphora Catalpa Catalpa spp. Cerezo Bolivian Cherry Manilkara bidentata Chechen Black Poisonwood Caribbian Rosewood Metopium Brownei Cherry, Black Prunus Serotina Chestnut, American Castanea Dentata Cocobolo Dalbergia retusa Curupay Brazilian /Patagonian Rosewood Tiger Mahogany Piptadenia Macrocarpa Cypress, Bald or Pond Taxodium distichum Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga Menziesii Ebony, African Diospyros spp. Ebony, Brazilian Wamara Swartzia tomentosa Elm Ulmus americana Goncalo Alves Tigerwood Astronium graveolens Greenheart Chlorocardium Rodiaei/Octotea Rodiaei/Nectandra rodiei Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba Heartpine Pinus echinata/elliottii Hickory Carya Spp. Holly Ilex spp. Imbuya Imbuia Brazillian Walnut Phoebe Porosa Ipe Lapacho Tabebuia serratifolia Iroko Kambala Chloraphora Excelsa Jarrah Eucalyptus Marginata Jatoba Brazilian Cherry Hymenaea courbaril Jelutong Dyera costulata Karri Eucalyptus diversicolor Lacewood Silky Oak Grevillea robusta Lacewood, Australian Cardwellia Sublimis Lignum Vitae Guaiacum Officinale Live Oak Quercus Virginia Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia Lyptus Eucalyptus grandis+urophylla Madrone Manzanita Arbutus Spp. Magnolia Magnolia spp. Mahogany, African Khaya Khaya Ivorensis Mahogany, Honduran Swietenia Macrophylla Mahogany, Philipene Lauan Shorea spp. Makore African Cherry Mimusops Heckelii Maple, Hard (Sugar/Rock) Acer Nigrum/Saccharum Maple, soft (Red and Silver Maple)Acer Rubrum/Saccharinum Mastic Sideroxylon spp. Merbau Intsia bijuga Mesquite Prosopis Juliflora/Glandulosa Narrah Amboyna Pterocarpus Indicus Oak, Red Quercus Rubra Oak, White Quercus Alba Olive Olea hochstetteri Osage Orange Maclura pomifera Padauk, African Pterocarpus soyauxii Padauk, Andaman Vermillion wood Pterocarpus dalbergioides Paduak, Burma Pterocarpus macrocarpus Palo Santo Argentine Lignum Vitae Bulnesia Sarmienti Pecan Carya Illinoiensis Persimmon Diospyros virginiana Pine, Southern Yellow Shortleaf Pine Pinus Pink Ivory Rhamnus Zeyheri Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Purpleheart Amaranth Peltogyne spp. Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle Redwood Sequoia sempervirens Rosewood, Bolivian Morado Moradillo Pau Ferro Machaerium acutifolium/sclieroxylon/schleroxylon Rosewood, Brazillian Dalbergia Nigra Rosewood, Honduran Dalbergia Stevensonii Sandalwood Santalum album Santa Maria Claophyllum Brasiliense Santos Mahogany myroxylon peruiferum Sapele Entandrophragma Cylindricum Sapote Monkey Apple Licania spp. Shedua Guibourtia Ehie Snakewood Pirantinera guianesis / Brosimum guianensis Sycamore, American Platanus Occidentalis Tamarindo Tamarindus indica Tamarindo Jutahy Dialium Guianense Teak Tectona Grandis Tigerwood Astronium lecointei Verawood Maracaibo Lignum Vitae Bulnesia Arborea Walnut, African Mansonia Lovoa Trichilioides Walnut, Brazilian Phoebe porosa Walnut, Tropical Juglans Neotropica Walnut; Black Walnut Juglans Nigra Wenge Millettia laurentii Yellowheart West Indian Satinwood Zanthoxylum Flavum/Flava Zebrawood Zebrano Microberlinia Brazzavillensis/bisulcata Ziricote Cordia dodecandra.
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