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