HobbitHouse Wood ID site

a non-commercial site focusing on color-correct pictures of exotic and domestic woods

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MAJOR CONTENT

SITE MAP

acknowledgements

site statistics (# of pics and files on this site)

site history and recent updates

ARTICLES
various articles such as a discussion of the rosewoods,
a discussion of the ebonys, how images are handled
on this site, a note about computer monitors and
color correction, and serveral others

ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF WOOD AND WOODWORKING TERMS

WOOD / WOODWORKING ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

WOOD ID POSTER --- 240 woods on a poster (24"x36")

MY FAVORITE WOODWORKING FORUM

NEW WOOD BARTER FORUM

WOOD BOOK REVIEWS AND MORE INFORMATION ON WOOD IDENTIFICATION

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

achihua (3/0/0)

afata (8/2/0)

afrormosia (102/69/30) with fact sheet

afzelia (60/30/7)

agba (5/2/0)

aglaia (2/1/1)

aiele (3/0/0)

ailanthus (28/21/14)

akikagba (1/1/0)

akiqumi (3/3/3)

albizia (27/13/4)

alder (159/103/24) with fact sheet

alerce (6/3/2)

almond (22/14/7)

amaranth --- see purpleheart

amargo (16/8/0)

amazakoue --- see shedua

amboyna (60/43/5)

amendoim (25/20/17)

amklaal (2/2/0)

andiroba (55/27/8) with fact sheet

angelim pedra (19/17/2)

angelim vermelho (2/1/0)

angico (7/3/2)

anigre (169/111/38) with fact sheet

antrocary (1/0/0)

apamate (2/0/0)

apitong (16/9/7)

apple (121/83/28)

apricot (33/21/15)

araracanga (3/1/0)

arborvitae (15/12/8)

ash (230/162/92)

ash, black (39/33/21)

ash, olive (112/86/23)

ash, tamo (76/34/7)

ash, white (112/82/49)

aspen (53/40/21)

australian pine --- see beefwood

avacado (5/1/0)

avodire (65/37/12) with fact sheet

babai (1/0/0)

badi (16/10/10)

balau (9/1/1)

balsa (23/15/5) with fact sheet

bamboo (34/17/7)

bangkirai (20/6/0)

basswood (92/65/26) with fact sheet

bauvudi (3/0/0)

bayo (1/1/0)

beech (222/147/72)

beech, chilean --- see coigue

beefwood (67/46/21)

beli (7/3/0)

berlinia (12/9/3)

billy webb (50/28/27)

bimblebox (3/0/0)

bintangor (2/1/1)

birch (357/272/153)

bishop wood (15/11/11)

black box (3/0/0)

blackbean (15/7/4)

blackbutt (41/26/8)

blackwood, african (78/48/27) with fact sheet

blackwood, misc (12/3/0)

blackwood, tasmanian (89/65/19)

bloodwood (135/105/48) with fact sheet

blue mahoe (16/1/0)

bluegum (3/0/0)

bocote (179/158/63) with fact sheet

boire (11/5/1)

bois de rose (11/6/0)

bongossi --- see ekki

bosse (47/27/4)

box elder (210/136/57)

boxwood (7/2/0)

brauna (1/0/0)

brazilwood --- see pernambuco

briar (5/1/0)

brushbox (34/16/1)

bubinga (321/207/46) with fact sheet

buckeye (65/50/26)

buckthorn (36/32/22)

budgeroo (2/1/0)

bulletwood (39/27/18)

bundari (1/1/0)

butternut (137/104/47) with fact sheet

cabbage bark (4/0/0)

cabreuva (25/14/10)

cachimbo --- see jequitiba

cacique --- see bloodwood

camphor (188/126/48) with fact sheet

canaletta (6/5/1)

canary (163/128/75)

cancharana (12/2/0)

canella (8/0/0)

cape beech (11/4/0)

capirona (12/2/0)

caragana (6/6/0)

carob (25/18/11)

carreto (14/9/4)

cascara (4/4/4)

cashew (7/1/0)

catalpa (43/35/20)

cebil (2/1/0)

cedar, alaskan yellow (25/19/10)

cedar, aromatic red (100/81/28)

cedar, brazilian (2/0/0)

cedar, lebanon (29/21/5)

cedar, misc (87/73/47)

cedar, new guinea red (1/1/1)

cedar, port orford --- see cypress, lawson's

cedar, spanish (66/36/16)

cedar, western red (46/30/16)

cedrinho (2/1/0)

cedroana (14/9/0)

cerejeira (114/73/15)

chakte kok (17/8/1)

chakte viga --- see paela

chamfuta (13/9/8)

charpilla (4/0/0)

chechem (158/114/56) with partial fact sheet

chechen --- see chechem

chen --- see chenchen

chenchen (20/7/0) with partial fact sheet

cherry (399/294/143) with fact sheet

chestnut (224/115/49) with fact sheet

chico zapote (1/0/0)

chilean beech --- see coigue

chinaberry (14/8/8)

chinaberry --- see lilac

chittamwood (6/6/5)

cinnamon (14/12/0)

cocobolo (276/218/113) with fact sheet

cocuswood (9/2/0)

coffee tree (37/28/22)

coigue (31/13/5)

cona lete (9/6/0)

coolibah (11/2/0)

copaya (1/0/0)

cordia (2/1/0)

corkwood (8/6/3)

corrugata (10/8/1)

cottonwood (100/77/53)

cowtree --- see palo de vaca

coyote (7/3/2)

crabwood --- see andiroba

cumaru (55/38/26)

curunai (7/3/3)

curupay (44/34/16) with partial fact sheet

curupixa (29/19/2)

cuta (1/0/0)

cypress (213/143/73) with fact sheet

cypress, lawson's (70/38/18)

dahoma (5/0/0)

dalbergia brownii (6/4/1)

daniella (1/1/0)

dedali (1/0/0)

derum (1/0/0)

dibetou --- see walnut, African

difou (1/0/0)

dogwood (44/34/27)

doussie --- see afzelia

ebony, gaboon (79/57/26) with fact sheet

ebony, macassar (146/89/19) with fact sheet

ebony, misc (104/49/9)

ebony, mun (36/10/6)

ebony, nigerian --- see ebony, gaboon

ebony, pale moon (31/13/3)

ekki (19/6/3)

ekop (13/6/4)

elibiob (1/0/0)

elm (296/197/85)

elm, carpathian (57/44/12)

elsbeere (15/14/3)

espave (11/8/0)

etimoe (144/94/14)

eucalyptus (178/101/33)

fava amargosa (2/0/0)

faveira bolota (1/0/0)

faveira branca (1/0/0)

fir (53/45/36)

fir, douglas (124/100/66) with fact sheet

flamewood (6/3/0)

forest red gum --- see redgum, forest

freijo (15/8/2)

gaboon (54/31/10) with fact sheet

garapa (4/2/0)

geronggang (3/2/2)

gerutu (1/0/0)

gidgee (1/1/0)

ginko (18/13/9)

gmelina (8/2/0)

gogo (31/21/9)

goiabao (47/27/11)

gombeira (1/1/1)

goncalo alves (155/114/39) with fact sheet

granadillo (88/50/28)

grapia (2/0/0)

greenheart (13/2/0)

guajayvi (4/3/0)

guanacaste --- see kelobra

guarea --- see bosse

guariuba (18/4/0)

gum (163/116/45) with fact sheet

hackberry (106/65/22) with fact sheet

harewood (21/17/4)

hawthorn (18/15/9)

hemlock (47/40/29) with fact sheet

hickory (228/182/100)

holly (79/63/42)

honeysuckle (1/1/0)

hophornbeam (25/21/15)

hormigo (20/17/15)

hornbeam (24/16/6)

huayruro (29/19/2)

huckleberry (1/1/0)

huisache (5/4/0)

huon pine (79/52/5)

idigbo (56/40/15)

imbuia (153/98/32)

ipe (139/97/51) with fact sheet

iroko (70/41/29) with fact sheet

ironwood, brazilian (6/3/0)

ironwood, desert (58/49/11)

itannin (7/7/7)

ivory wood --- see pau marfim

izombe (17/10/2) with fact sheet

jacaranda, misc (32/18/6)

jacareuba (11/6/6)

jarana (1/0/0)

jarrah (55/34/3)

jatoba (119/75/27) with fact sheet

jelutong (19/5/1)

jennywood (3/0/0)

jequitiba (32/17/8)

jongkong (1/0/0)

jucaro (32/15/14)

judas tree (4/3/3)

jujube (3/1/0)

juniper (50/33/10)

kabukalli (4/0/0)

kamarere (4/2/1)

kapur (10/6/4)

karri (10/7/1)

katalox (139/83/18)

kauri (39/23/9)

kauvula (1/0/0)

kekatong (2/1/0)

kekele (10/7/7)

keledang (1/0/0)

kelobra (45/30/9) with partial fact sheet

kempas (32/15/12)

keruing --- see apitong

kevazinga --- see bubinga

khaya --- see mahogany, african

kiaat --- see muninga

kiawe (2/1/0)

kingwood (139/95/20) with partial fact sheet

kiwi (2/0/0)

knobthorn (7/6/0)

koa (139/78/10)

kosipo (10/4/0)

kotibe (4/2/0)

koto (26/17/5)

kou (13/10/0)

kuruguay (32/25/21)

kwila --- see merbau

laburnum (41/26/11)

lacewood, australian (53/28/7)

lacewood, brazilian (122/88/31)

lapacho --- see ipe

larch (58/34/13)

lati (10/8/6)

laurel (140/81/22)

leadwood (14/7/0)

lebbeck (18/15/11)

lemonwood (7/4/4)

lenga (14/10/1)

lenge (6/2/2)

leopard (85/59/31)

letterwood --- see snakewood

lignum vitae (86/59/22)

lilac (22/18/11)

limba (141/101/45) with fact sheet

limbali (13/7/7)

lime (3/3/1)

limoncillo (5/4/0)

linden --- see basswood

little bone (6/6/3)

locust, black (93/64/37)

locust, honey (70/44/19)

locust, misc (18/8/4)

longhi (11/7/7)

lotebush (8/8/8)

louro preto (71/40/15)

louro vermelho (5/2/0)

lovoa --- see walnut, african

lychee (12/5/0)

lyptus (50/18/8)

maca, pink --- see macacauba

macacauba (84/62/16)

macadamia (21/18/0)

macawood --- see macacauba

machang (2/1/0)

machiche (71/47/43) with fact sheet

madrone (111/70/19)

magnolia (68/57/44)

mahang (2/1/0)

mahogany, african (228/174/67) with fact sheet

mahogany, central american (10/8/2)

mahogany, cuban (9/6/0)

mahogany, genuine (46/41/26)

mahogany, honduran (134/110/52)

mahogany, misc (173/76/13)

mahogany, philippine (77/62/44)

mahogany, royal --- see tambran, wild

mahogany, santos (65/51/39)

mahogany, south american (40/23/11)

maidau (8/7/0)

maidou (13/11/0)

makamong (2/2/0)

makore (254/145/51) with fact sheet

mallee (23/5/0)

manchinga (6/5/0)

mandarina (3/0/0)

mango (54/36/9)

mangue (17/7/6)

mani amaretto (1/1/0)

mani caramello (1/1/0)

mani latte (1/1/0)

mansonia (34/18/9) with fact sheet

manzanita (25/13/6)

maple, ambrosia (81/44/20)

maple, bear claw (18/18/17)

maple, bigleaf (83/63/8)

maple, birdseye (74/55/16)

maple, curly (154/109/68)

maple, hard (127/102/43)

maple, misc (158/110/40)

maple, quilted (80/54/9)

maple, red (47/35/28)

maple, soft (61/33/15)

maple, spalted (79/53/13)

maple, western --- see maple, bigleaf

mappa (51/32/1)

marblewood (91/41/14)

marri (6/3/0)

marupa (8/3/0)

massaranduba --- see bulletwood

mengkulang (5/0/0)

meranti (65/46/24)

merbau (82/37/11) with fact sheet

mersawa (10/8/8)

mertas (1/1/0)

mesquite (138/94/39)

messmate (4/4/0)

mgurure (1/0/0)

milo (3/2/2)

mimosa (18/14/9)

mindi (1/0/0)

moabi (48/26/3)

monkey pod (31/21/2)

monkey puzzle (18/13/9)

monterillo (47/21/18)

mopane (32/12/5)

morado --- see rosewood, bolivian

morrel (3/1/0)

movingui (62/39/16) with fact sheet

mozambique --- see shedua

muhuhu (7/6/5)

muiricatiara --- see goncalo alves

mulberry (131/92/62)

mulga (3/1/0)

munguba (3/2/0)

muninga (31/18/1)

myall (7/5/0)

myrtle (208/132/25)

mystery (136/134/118)

nargusta (10/5/1)

narra (120/79/41) with partial fact sheet

needlewood (1/0/0)

niangon (42/19/7) with fact sheet

niove (3/3/0)

nogal --- see walnut, tropical

norfolk pine (50/27/7)

nutmeg (2/2/0)

nyalas (1/1/1)

nyatoh (16/11/5)

oak, australian --- see oak, tasmanian

oak, bog (42/27/11)

oak, burr (22/18/13)

oak, chestnut --- see oak, white

oak, english brown (139/76/33) with partial fact sheet

oak, fishtail (10/6/0)

oak, live (57/54/36)

oak, misc (128/89/55)

oak, red (203/161/99) with fact sheet

oak, silky --- see silky oak

oak, tasmanian (12/1/0)

oak, white (264/200/129) with fact sheet

obeche (31/19/11) with fact sheet

ohia (5/1/1)

okoume --- see gaboon

okwen (4/4/0)

oliepod (18/8/4)

olive (214/137/63)

orange (9/9/9)

orange agate (8/2/0)

orientalwood (8/7/2)

osage orange (148/112/53) with fact sheet

osage orange, argentine (40/27/14)

ovangkol --- see shedua

oxhorn --- see jucaro

ozigo (2/1/0)

padauk (188/146/75) with fact sheet

paela (125/92/54)

pagoda tree (3/2/2)

paldao (93/49/21) with fact sheet

palm, black (52/31/3)

palm, red (83/49/16)

palo chino (1/1/0)

palo de vaca (18/10/10)

panga panga (98/80/63)

partridgewood (3/2/2)

pau Brazil --- see pernambuco

pau amerello (95/69/37) with partial fact sheet

pau de oleo (10/7/5)

pau ferro --- see rosewood, bolivian

pau marfim (25/8/4)

pau rosa (45/21/5)

pau santo (13/7/6)

paulownia (26/19/8)

peach (10/5/0)

pearwood (172/101/41)

pecan (87/65/29)

pepperwood (4/4/4)

pequia (9/4/0)

pernambuco (23/15/7)

peroba rosa (36/17/4)

perota --- see kelobra

persimmon (67/54/47) with fact sheet

pheasantwood, hawaiian (38/21/8)

photinia (2/0/0)

pimento (11/1/0)

pine (168/116/78)

pine, norfolk island --- see norfolk pine

pine, ponderosa (56/33/11)

pine, radiata (78/40/11)

pine, white (94/86/54)

pine, yellow (47/38/21)

pink flamewood (11/1/0)

pink ivory (86/53/10)

pistachio (98/74/48)

plane, european (20/4/2)

plum (58/39/18)

poplar (188/149/80)

port orford cedar --- see cypress, lawson's

poui (2/1/0)

praline (6/4/4)

prima vera (100/70/36) with fact sheet

purpleheart (166/112/63) with fact sheet

pyinkado (5/5/4)

pyinma (20/15/4)

quebracho (11/7/3)

queensland maple (59/52/0)

quillabordon (10/10/0)

quina (5/1/0)

quinilla (3/0/0)

quinine (6/6/6)

raintree (5/3/0)

raintree, golden (5/5/4)

rambutan (13/9/0)

ramin (16/10/1)

ramon (12/6/0)

red bloodwood (1/1/1)

red gum (American) --- see gum

redbud (79/58/41)

redgum, forest (35/32/1)

redgum, river (86/59/33)

redheart (117/89/47)

redwood (274/216/81) with fact sheet

renghas (3/3/2)

rewa-rewa (1/1/1)

rhododendron (1/0/0)

rimu (55/19/6)

river red gum --- see redgum, river

robusta (1/1/0)

rose-of-the-mountain (5/4/3)

rosewood, african --- see etimoe

rosewood, amazon (14/12/2)

rosewood, bolivian (262/176/50)

rosewood, brazilian (137/106/27) with fact sheet

rosewood, brown's indian --- see dalbergia brownii

rosewood, camatillo (42/31/0)

rosewood, east indian (150/97/40) with fact sheet

rosewood, honduran (145/115/71)

rosewood, madagascar (25/17/1)

rosewood, misc (87/46/15)

rosewood, santos --- see rosewood, bolivian

rosewood, senegal (18/11/9)

rosewood, siam (26/19/18)

rosewood, sissoo (18/13/8)

rosewood, western (3/3/3)

rosita (10/6/1)

rubberwood (2/1/0)

russian olive (47/32/10)

sada (3/3/3)

sandlewood (5/3/0)

sap gum --- see gum

sapele (316/202/84) with fact sheet

sapodilla (12/9/7)

sassafras (77/52/33) with fact sheet

sassafras, blackheart (39/27/1)

sasswood (1/0/0)

satinwood (157/87/21)

semayur (1/0/0)

sen (69/42/11)

serviceberry (13/12/10)

shedua (194/117/31) with fact sheet

sheoak (50/42/8)

shihuahuaco (2/0/0)

sidney blue gum (27/17/0)

silkwood (5/5/0)

silky oak (59/34/27)

silverballi (7/6/0)

simaruba (8/3/3)

simpoh (7/1/0)

sipo (48/32/25)

smoketree (15/11/7)

snakewood (75/53/17)

sneezewood (3/1/0)

spruce (65/57/46)

stringybark (4/3/0)

sucupira (67/53/21) with fact sheet

sugarberry (16/10/4)

sugi (6/2/1)

sumac (99/80/65)

sumauma (18/10/4)

sweet gum --- see gum

sycamore (261/180/98) with fact sheet

sycamore, english --- see maple, hard

tallowtree (10/9/7)

tamarack --- see larch

tamarin (3/1/0)

tambootie (55/26/5)

tambran, wild (21/16/11)

tatajuba (28/15/7)

tauari (12/4/1)

taun (1/1/1)

tchitola (20/5/4)

teak (195/102/42) with fact sheet

tembusu (1/0/0)

terap (1/0/0)

tewi (1/1/0)

texas ebony (42/37/20)

thinwin (7/3/3)

thuya (80/60/7)

tiama (41/26/13)

tiger caspi (23/12/3)

tigerwood --- see goncalo alves and zebrawood

timbo (8/4/3)

timborana (43/29/7)

tineo (18/13/2)

tulip, american --- see poplar

tulip, yellow --- see poplar

tulipwood (114/88/26) with fact sheet

tupelo (32/30/23)

tzalam (81/29/15)

ukola (2/1/0)

urundel (2/1/0)

utile --- see sipo

vavona --- see redwood

verawood (137/67/23)

verdecillo (15/0/0)

vermillion --- see padauk

viburnum (4/3/3)

virola (13/9/7)

volador (8/5/0)

walnut, african (42/18/1)

walnut, black (377/268/98) with fact sheet

walnut, claro (160/105/12)

walnut, misc (202/91/18)

walnut, tropical (47/33/20)

wamara (17/16/10)

wamba (1/0/0)

wandoo (11/5/0)

wawabima (24/19/15) with fact sheet

wenge (173/112/51) with fact sheet

willow (104/77/62)

yarran (1/0/0)

yate (1/0/0)

yellow parrot wood (5/0/0)

yellow tingle (1/1/0)

yellowbox (13/6/0)

yellowheart --- see pau amerello

yemeri (1/0/0)

yew (166/111/42)

zapote (8/7/0)

zebrawood (198/151/75) with fact sheet

zircote (160/124/73)

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