Exotic Wood Pictures: Exotic Wood displayed, described, and identified

EXOTIC WOOD

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

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3) The numbers below the thumbnails are: (number of pics, number of 1st enlargements, number of 2nd enlargements)
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discussion about WHY I created this site and about HOW the woods are presented. Please don't email me with questions about the site until you've read all that junk. :-)
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6) Clicking on a thumbnail opens a new page, thus allowing comparison of different woods
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recent updates as of mid-2008: unique pics now over 18,000 and a couple of new species added; Added a few more
fact sheets (now have about 60 species with full or partial fact sheets.

My thanks to the many contributors who continue to give me good information and advice about wood species

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PLEASE NOTE: I'm not a web page designer, so this site is strictly utilitarian.
The point is the wood, not the web site.

To get an idea of what the intent is for the information
to eventually be presented for all woods, click
on any these woods
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goncalo alves makore
osage orange padauk wenge
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my prejudices and how they affect
my comments on this site

How image files are handled on this site
or, why folks think I'm overly analytical

acknowledgements and links to other
non-commercial wood sites

common names <===> botanical names
and some discussion about wood names

??? mystery woods ???

some wood terms described with pictures

color correction, digital cameras,
eBay pictures, etc.

wood toxicity

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lumber prices

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The point of this site is to show, with accurate color and detail, pictures of every species of exotic wood I can get my hands on (common woods too), and occasionally to also show items made from such woods. If you're looking for tool tips or woodworking tips or chat rooms on wood or woodworking, this is not the place. All you'll find here is pictures and descriptions of wood, and these will be as accurate as I can make them.

When I say "get my hands on", I prefer it to be the exotic wood that I get my hands on, but in the absence of that, I'll settle for just the pictures. The pictures that are not from my own samples are from various sources on the Internet, including eBay auctions. I note that the auction pictures in particular tend to overemphasize the redness of many of the woods. Probably an artifact of digital cameras, but possibly a result of overzealous photo editing trying to make the exotic wood more attractive than it really is. I have done my best to select pictures that I know to be realistic for each species, but even so for the more figured exotic woods in particular some of the pictures are of outstanding specimens because that's what people tend to post on web sites, so that's what I've had available.

Pictures that I have taken myself are identifiable in two ways: first because they are in a section at the top of each individual wood page (the section labled "my samples") and second because they have a size ruler in the picure. I point this out so that you'll know whether or not I've had the ability to compare the actual wood with the image and color correct if needed.

Below, you'll start seeing thumbnails of both exotic wood and common wood, in alphabetical order. Click on the thumbnail to see more details, and note that on many of the wood pictures, the cursor icon will show you that you can get something by clicking on the picture. What you get is a bigger picture. AND, sometimes even the bigger picture has a bigger picture. Just watch the cursor icon to know which is which.
automatically generated statistics:

# different types of wood represented: 699
# unique pictures of those woods: 18,553
11,978 of those unique pictures have enlargements
4,839 of those enlargements have further enlargements
36,069 total image files (including thumbnails and enlargements)
53,585 total files on this web site (including small HTML files)

204 on main page
261 on page 2
234 on page 3

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Chilean beech --- see coigue

afata (1/1/0)

afrormosia (88/59/30) with fact sheet

afzelia (51/26/7)

agba (2/1/0)

aglaia (2/1/1)

ailanthus (19/14/12)

akikagba (1/1/0)

ako (1/1/0)

alan bunga (1/0/0)

alanbatu (1/0/0)

albizia (17/8/0)

alder (105/62/15) with fact sheet

alerce (6/3/2)

allawa (1/0/0)

almond (2/2/2)

amaranth --- see purpleheart

amargo (16/8/0)

amarillo (2/1/0)

amazakoue (8/6/0)

amazique (11/0/0)

amboyna (43/31/4)

amendoim (21/19/17)

amesclao (1/0/0)

amklaal (1/0/0)

andiroba (47/24/8) with fact sheet

angelim pedra (8/7/3)

angelim vermelho (1/0/0)

angelin (1/0/0)

angico (4/0/0)

anigre (165/107/35) with fact sheet

anjico (3/3/2)

antrocary (1/0/0)

apamate (2/0/0)

apitong (9/4/3)

apple (70/46/16)

apricot (17/15/14)

ara (1/0/0)

araracanga (2/0/0)

arborvite (6/6/5)

arizona silkwood (1/0/0)

ash (267/174/73)

ash, olive (79/60/17)

ash, tamo (73/33/7)

aspen (36/28/15)

attunga (1/1/0)

avodire (62/36/12) with fact sheet

babai (1/0/0)

badi (16/10/10)

bagara (1/0/0)

balau (4/1/1)

balsa (13/11/4)

balsamo (1/0/0)

bamboo (20/7/5)

bangkirai (18/4/0)

bartibi (1/0/0)

basswood (57/40/17) with fact sheet

bauvudi (3/0/0)

bayo (1/1/0)

bayur (1/0/0)

bedaru (1/0/0)

beech (178/111/43)

beech, Chilean --- see coigue

beefwood (15/12/0)

bekak (1/0/0)

belah (1/0/0)

beli (4/2/0)

belian (2/2/1)

benge (1/0/0)

benin --- see mahogany, african

berangan (1/0/0)

berlinia (1/0/0)

billy webb (41/28/27)

bimbi (1/1/0)

bimblebox (1/0/0)

bintangor (2/1/1)

binuang (1/0/0)

birch (238/174/92)

bishop wood (3/3/3)

bitis (1/0/0)

bkau (1/0/0)

black box (3/0/0)

blackbean (13/5/4)

blackwood, african (59/37/19) with fact sheet

blackwood, misc (11/2/0)

blackwood, tasmanian (46/28/0)

bloodwood (107/83/41) with fact sheet

bluegum (3/0/0)

bocote (146/129/56) with fact sheet

bodalla (1/1/0)

boire (10/5/1)

bois de rose (11/6/0)

bomenga (3/0/0)

bongossi --- see ekki

bosse (30/13/0)

boxwood (6/2/0)

brauna (1/0/0)

brazilwood --- see pernambuco

breadnut (1/0/0)

briar (5/1/0)

bubinga (301/187/36) with fact sheet

buckeye (33/23/5)

buckthorn (9/8/8)

budgeroo (2/1/0)

bulletwood (30/22/16)

bullhoof (1/1/0)

bundari (1/1/0)

burrinjuck (2/0/0)

butternut (101/78/30) with fact sheet

cabbage bark (4/0/0)

cabreuva (24/13/10)

cacique --- see bloodwood

caldari (1/1/0)

camphor (107/76/11)

canaletta (2/2/1)

canary (122/97/60)

cancharana (2/0/0)

canella (8/0/0)

cangarana (1/0/0)

capirona (9/0/0)

caragana (2/2/0)

carbeen (1/1/0)

carob (3/2/0)

carreto (9/5/0)

cascara (4/4/4)

cashew (6/0/0)

castello (1/0/0)

castillo (2/1/0)

catalpa (27/22/15)

cebil (1/0/0)

cedar, brazilian (2/0/0)

cedar, lebanon --- see cedar, misc

cedar, misc (108/78/33)

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

cedar, red aromatic (81/70/24)

cedar, spanish (61/31/12)

cedar, western red (32/21/11)

cedrinho (2/1/0)

cedroana (11/8/0)

cerejeira (92/68/14)

chakte kok (11/4/0)

chakte viga --- see paela

chamfuta (7/5/4)

charpilla (4/0/0)

chechem (140/97/41) with partial fact sheet

chechen --- see chechem

chen --- see chenchen

chenchen (17/7/0)

chengal (2/1/0)

cherry (300/206/77) with fact sheet

chestnut (196/100/35) with fact sheet

chico zapote (1/0/0)

chinaberry (4/4/4)

chinaberry --- see lilac

chittum (1/0/0)

cinnamon (13/11/0)

cocobolo (243/187/88) with fact sheet

cocuswood (9/2/0)

coffee tree (23/15/10)

coigue (19/14/5)

cona lete (9/6/0)

congowood (3/3/0)

coolabah, australia (1/0/0)

coolibah (10/2/0)

copaiba (1/0/0)

copaya (1/0/0)

cordia (2/1/0)

corina (1/0/0)

corkwood (8/6/3)

corrugata (7/6/1)

cottonwood (22/17/9)

cowtree --- see palo de vaca

coyote (6/3/2)

crabwood --- see andiroba

cucos (1/0/0)

cumaru (40/30/25)

curunai (4/3/3)

curupay (32/27/15) with partial fact sheet

curupixa (26/16/2)

cuta (1/0/0)

cypress (78/47/28) with partial fact sheet

dahoma (1/0/0)

dajara (1/1/0)

dakua (1/0/0)

dalbergia brownii (6/4/1)

damar minyak (3/0/0)

danta (1/0/0)

dedali (1/0/0)

degame (1/0/0)

derum (1/0/0)

difou (1/0/0)

dogwood (32/27/21)

dorrigi (1/1/0)

doussie --- see afzelia

durian (1/0/0)

ebony, argentine --- see partridgewood

ebony, brown --- see partridgewood

ebony, gaboon (64/43/20) with fact sheet

ebony, macassar (116/67/10) with fact sheet

ebony, misc (39/19/9)

ebony, mun (11/2/0)

ebony, nigerian --- see ebony, gaboon

ebony, pale moon (27/10/2)

eisbirke (9/8/0)

ekki (6/5/3)

ekop (10/6/4)

elder (50/26/10)

elibiob (1/0/0)

elm (158/105/40)

elm, carpathian (55/42/12)

emberwood (2/1/1)

entapuloh (1/0/0)

espave (11/8/0)

espinillo (1/1/0)

etimoe (133/88/14)

etzdam (1/1/1)

eucalyptus (156/84/21)

faieira (1/0/0)

fava amargosa (2/0/0)

faveira bolota (1/0/0)

faveira branca (1/0/0)

fir (88/70/38)

flamewood (6/3/0)

framire (2/2/0)

freijo (7/5/2)

gaboon (34/18/6)

galga (1/1/0)

garapa (2/1/0)

gausiban (1/1/1)

geriting teruntum (1/0/0)

geronggang (2/1/1)

gerutu (1/0/0)

giam (2/1/1)

gidgee (1/1/0)

ginko (12/9/5)

gmelina (7/1/0)

gogo (30/20/8)

goiabao (43/24/9)

goldwood (2/0/0)

gombeira (1/1/1)

goncalo alves (109/81/25) with fact sheet

granadillo (81/44/27)

greenheart (7/0/0)

gronfoloe (4/0/0)

guanacaste (11/7/3)

guanacaste --- see kelobra

guarea (9/7/3)

guariuba (4/0/0)

guearu (1/0/0)

gum (125/90/32) with fact sheet

hackberry (70/43/12)

harewood (6/3/0)

hawthorn (6/5/0)

hemlock (22/17/12)

hevea (1/1/0)

hickory (126/95/43)

holly (50/34/22)

honeysuckle (1/1/0)

honeywood (1/0/0)

hongmu (1/0/0)

hophornbeam (16/15/12)

hornbeam (6/5/2)

huanghuali (2/0/0)

huayruro (7/5/0)

hububalli (1/0/0)

huckleberry (1/1/0)

huisache (1/0/0)

imbuia (149/94/28)

ipe (92/67/46) with fact sheet

irodo (1/1/1)

iroko (42/22/17) with fact sheet

ironwood, brazilian (6/3/0)

ironwood, desert (45/39/11)

itannin (7/7/7)

ivory wood --- see pau marfim

izambe (14/9/2)

jacaranda amarillo (10/9/3)

jacaranda pardo (11/3/0)

jacareuba (11/6/6)

jarana (1/0/0)

jarrah (36/23/3)

jatai (2/0/0)

jatoba (101/59/21) with fact sheet

jelutong (16/3/0)

jennywood (3/0/0)

jequitiba (12/5/4)

jichimu (1/0/0)

jindavik (1/1/0)

jongkong (1/0/0)

jucaro (30/14/14)

judas tree (4/3/3)

jujube (3/1/0)

juniper (29/13/0)

kabukalli (3/0/0)

kadam (1/1/0)

kadama (1/0/0)

kajarbi (1/1/0)

kalela charm (1/1/0)

kamani (1/0/0)

kamarere (4/2/1)

kambala (1/0/0)

kandis (1/0/0)

kanunda (1/1/0)

kapur (4/1/0)

karri (6/4/1)

kasai (2/0/0)

katalox (84/60/15)

kauri (2/0/0)

kauvula (1/0/0)

kaya (1/0/0)

kayu malam (1/0/0)

kedang belium (1/0/0)

kedondong (1/0/0)

kekatong (2/1/0)

kekele (10/7/7)

kelat (2/0/0)

keledang (1/0/0)

kelobra (22/14/0) with partial fact sheet

kembang semangkok (1/0/0)

kempas (22/6/4)

keranji (1/0/0)

keruing --- see apitong

keruntum (1/0/0)

ketapang (1/0/0)

kevazinga --- see bubinga

khaya --- see mahogany, african

kiaat --- see muninga

kiawe (1/0/0)

kingwood (104/69/18) with partial fact sheet

kira (1/1/0)

kiwi (2/0/0)

knobthorn (7/6/0)

koa (121/62/4)

koko (1/0/0)

korina (13/11/0)

kosipo (3/1/0)

koto (22/15/4)

kulim (2/0/0)

kungkur (1/0/0)

kuruguay (19/17/15)

kwila (8/2/1)

labbeck (3/3/3)

lacewood (135/92/29)

lapacho --- see ipe

laran (1/0/0)

larch (25/17/6)

lati (6/5/5)

laurel (128/69/11)

leadwood (14/7/0)

lemonwood (3/0/0)

lenge (6/2/2)

leopard (70/47/25)

letterwood --- see snakewood

lignum vitae (49/32/9)

lilac (13/11/7)

limba (105/74/41) with fact sheet

limbali (12/7/7)

lime (1/1/0)

linden --- see basswood

little bone (6/6/3)

locust (117/67/35)

longhi (11/7/7)

lourita (2/1/0)

louro faia (2/0/0)

louro preto (60/37/15)

louro vermelho (4/1/0)

lovoa --- see walnut, african

lychee (7/2/0)

lyptus (37/10/4)

m'ninga (1/1/1)

maca, pink --- see macacauba

macacauba (52/37/16)

macadamia (4/2/0)

macawood --- see macacauba

machang (2/1/0)

machiche (59/46/42) with fact sheet

madrone (95/56/12)

magnolia (28/24/20)

mahang (2/1/0)

mahoe, blue (4/0/0)

mahogany, african (181/133/50) with fact sheet

mahogany, central american (10/8/2)

mahogany, cuban (8/5/0)

mahogany, genuine (45/40/26)

mahogany, honduran (112/89/42)

mahogany, misc (159/69/12)

mahogany, philippine (25/21/11)

mahogany, royal --- see tambran, wild

mahogany, santos (63/49/39)

mahogany, south american (39/22/10)

mahogany, swietenia (1/0/0)

maidau (8/7/0)

maidou (13/11/0)

makai (1/1/0)

makamong (2/2/0)

makore (250/141/51) with fact sheet

malagangai (1/0/0)

malayana (1/1/0)

mallee (21/5/0)

mango (20/7/0)

mangue (16/6/5)

mani amaretto (1/1/0)

mani caramello (1/1/0)

mani latte (1/1/0)

manio (1/1/0)

mansonia (27/14/7)

manzanita (15/3/0)

maple, ambrosia (40/23/11)

maple, bigleaf (71/53/4)

maple, birdseye (68/50/16)

maple, curly (131/93/55)

maple, golden (3/3/0)

maple, hard (97/75/29)

maple, misc (164/111/42)

maple, quilted (68/42/4)

maple, soft (12/2/0)

maple, spalted (63/41/9)

maple, western --- see maple, bigleaf

mappa (34/19/1)

mara (2/1/0)

marblewood (28/17/3)

marri (3/2/0)

marupa (4/1/0)

massaranduba --- see bulletwood

mataulat (1/0/0)

matumi (2/2/0)

mbero (1/0/0)

medang (1/0/0)

melantai kuwang (1/0/0)

melia (1/0/0)

melunak (1/0/0)

mempening (1/0/0)

mempisang karai (1/0/0)

menkulang kembang (1/0/0)

meransi (1/0/0)

meranti (29/27/13)

merawan gagil (1/0/0)

merbatu (1/1/0)

merbau (52/22/7) with fact sheet

merbulan (1/1/0)

merpauh (1/0/0)

mersawa (2/0/0)

mertas (1/1/0)

mesquite (62/36/18)

messmate (1/1/0)

mgurure (1/0/0)

milo (1/0/0)

mimosa (6/5/5)

mindi (1/0/0)

moabi (34/20/2)

modrin (1/0/0)

monkey pod (9/6/1)

monkey puzzle (6/5/4)

monterillo (32/13/12)

mopane (25/6/0)

mora (3/1/0)

moradillo (1/1/0)

morado (41/32/13)

morototo (2/1/0)

morrel (3/1/0)

movingui (49/26/9) with fact sheet

mozambique (42/24/7)

muhuhu (1/0/0)

muirapiranga (1/0/0)

muiricatiara --- see goncalo alves

mulberry (71/51/37)

mulga (3/1/0)

munguba (4/2/0)

munguba grande (1/0/0)

muninga (27/15/0)

myall (7/5/0)

myrtle (195/125/25)

mystery (56/54/38)

nanmu (1/0/0)

nargusta (8/5/1)

narra (84/57/23) with partial fact sheet

narrung (1/1/0)

needlewood, ivory (1/0/0)

niangon (16/8/6) with fact sheet

nogal (8/2/1)

nutmeg (2/2/0)

nyalas (1/1/1)

nyalin (1/0/0)

nyatoh (8/6/1)

oak, australian (2/0/0)

oak, bog (39/24/8)

oak, chestnut --- see oak, white

oak, english brown (126/67/30) with partial fact sheet

oak, fishtail (10/6/0)

oak, live --- see oak, red

oak, misc (85/55/29)

oak, red (128/94/42) with fact sheet

oak, silky --- see silky oak

oak, tasmanian (12/1/0)

oak, white (177/123/64) with fact sheet

obeche (18/13/11) with fact sheet

ocle (1/1/0)

ohia (2/1/1)

okoume --- see gaboon

oleo pardo (1/1/0)

oliepod (5/0/0)

olive (155/99/48)

olivillo (1/0/0)

orange agate (5/0/0)

orientalwood (5/5/0)

orindi (1/1/0)

osage orange (111/82/41) with fact sheet

ovangkol (10/5/0)

oxhorn --- see jucaro

ozigo (2/1/0)

padauk (150/109/54) with fact sheet

paela (109/79/49)

pagoda tree (3/2/2)

paldao (61/27/13) with fact sheet

palisander, santos (5/0/0)

palm, black (33/20/3)

palm, red (30/17/0)

palo chino (1/1/0)

palo de vaca (11/6/6)

paloblanco (1/1/0)

panga panga --- see partridgewood

panguan (2/0/0)

panguana (1/0/0)

parapara (1/0/0)

pardoo (1/1/0)

partridgewood (104/79/63)

pau Brazil --- see pernambuco

pau amerello (79/55/34) with partial fact sheet

pau ferro --- see rosewood, santos

pau marfim (17/6/3)

pau oleo (10/7/5)

pau rosa (37/13/0)

pau sangue (1/0/0)

pau santo (10/5/4)

paulownia (23/16/5)

peach (5/0/0)

pearwood (138/73/30)

pecan (46/33/12)

pelajau (1/0/0)

pelin (1/1/1)

penaga (1/0/0)

penarahan (1/0/0)

penyau (1/0/0)

pepperwood (2/2/2)

pequia (9/4/0)

perah (1/0/0)

pernambuco (15/9/3)

peroba rosa (12/7/3)

perota --- see kelobra

persimmon (34/24/19)

perupok (2/1/0)

petai (1/0/0)

petaling (1/0/0)

photinia (2/0/0)

pimento (10/0/0)

pine (126/96/46)

pinjara (1/1/0)

pink flamewood (11/1/0)

pink ivory (62/37/3)

pinkheart (1/0/0)

pistachio (35/16/0)

plum (26/12/5)

pock (1/1/0)

podo (1/0/0)

poon (1/1/0)

poplar (133/111/55)

poui (2/1/0)

praline (6/4/4)

preciosa (1/1/0)

prima vera (97/67/35)

pulai (2/1/0)

punah (1/0/0)

purpleheart (138/87/53) with fact sheet

putumuju (2/1/0)

pyinma (4/3/0)

quebracho (5/2/1)

quina (5/1/0)

quinilla (3/0/0)

quinine (3/3/3)

raintree (4/2/0)

raintree, golden (5/5/4)

rambutan (9/6/0)

ramin (5/4/0)

ramone (7/4/0)

ranggu (1/1/0)

red bloodwood (1/1/1)

red gum --- see gum

redbalau (1/0/0)

redbud (12/9/7)

redheart (93/68/43)

redwood (214/166/45) with fact sheet

rengas (2/1/0)

resak (3/2/1)

rewa-rewa (1/1/1)

rhengas (3/3/2)

rhododendron (1/0/0)

rimu (38/16/5)

rio prieto (3/0/0)

river red gum (43/33/24)

robusta (1/1/0)

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

rosewood, african --- see etimoe

rosewood, amazon (14/12/2)

rosewood, bolivian (66/46/13)

rosewood, brazilian (129/98/25) with fact sheet

rosewood, camatillo (32/23/0)

rosewood, east indian (134/86/35)

rosewood, honduran (139/112/68)

rosewood, madagascar (23/15/0)

rosewood, misc (72/34/8)

rosewood, santos (106/70/10)

rosewood, senegal (9/9/9)

rosewood, siam (25/19/18)

rosewood, western (3/3/3)

rosita (7/6/1)

roxinho (1/0/0)

rubberwood (1/0/0)

sada (3/3/3)

sandlewood (5/3/0)

sap gum --- see gum

sapele (303/191/76) with fact sheet

sapodilla (9/6/4)

sapucaia (1/0/0)

sarcoloa (1/0/0)

sassafras (81/54/27) with fact sheet

sasswood (1/0/0)

satinwood (125/67/14)

semayur (1/0/0)

sempilor (1/0/0)

sen (68/41/10)

sentang (1/0/0)

senumpul (1/0/0)

sepetir (2/1/1)

serviceberry (8/7/7)

sesendok (1/0/0)

shedua (89/62/23)

sheoak (42/35/5)

shibadan (1/0/0)

shihuahuaco (2/0/0)

silkwood (2/2/0)

silky oak (28/22/22)

simaruba (3/3/3)

simpoh (7/1/0)

sipo (35/28/24)

sirari (8/6/6)

smoketree (4/4/4)

snakewood (53/36/15)

sougue (1/0/0)

sourwood (1/0/0)

spave (1/0/0)

spruce (28/20/11)

stinkwood (1/0/0)

stringybark (4/3/0)

sucupira (52/41/19) with fact sheet

sugarberry (13/10/4)

sugi (6/2/1)

sumac (36/29/25)

sumauma (18/10/4)

swartzia (3/3/0)

sweet gum --- see gum

sycamore (215/150/81) with partial fact sheet

sycamore, english --- see maple, hard

tallowtree (3/3/3)

tamarack --- see larch

tamarang (1/1/0)

tamarind --- see tambran

tambootie (24/6/0)

tambran, wild (21/16/11)

tampoi (1/0/0)

tanimbuca (1/0/0)

tarragal (1/1/0)

tatajuba (23/17/11)

tauari (4/1/0)

taun (1/1/1)

taxi (1/0/0)

tchitola (16/5/4)

teak (139/71/32) with fact sheet

tembusu (1/0/0)

terang (1/1/0)

terap (1/0/0)

terentang (1/0/0)

tewi (1/1/0)

texas ebony (11/10/0)

thinwin (7/3/3)

thuya (71/57/7)

tiama (19/14/12)

tieli (1/0/0)

tigerwood --- see goncalo alves and zebrawood

timbo (6/3/3)

timborana (22/16/6)

tineo (5/1/0)

tingaring (1/1/0)

tintara (1/1/0)

tonka (5/0/0)

trewilga (1/1/0)

tualang (1/0/0)

tulip, american (6/6/0)

tulipwood (98/75/20) with fact sheet

tupelo (7/5/3)

tzalam (73/28/15)

ukall (1/0/0)

ukola (2/1/0)

ulmo (1/1/0)

umonga (1/0/0)

urundel (2/1/0)

urundey para (2/2/0)

utile --- see sipo

uxi (1/0/0)

vavona --- see redwood

verawood (69/50/16)

verdecillo (15/0/0)

vermillion --- see padauk

viburnum (4/3/3)

virola (3/1/0)

volador (4/3/0)

wallaba (1/0/0)

walnut, african (21/10/1)

walnut, black (286/199/49)

walnut, claro (151/96/8)

walnut, misc (179/74/10)

walnut, tropical (31/23/13)

wamara (12/12/10)

wamba (1/0/0)

wandoo (11/5/0)

wawabima (23/19/15)

wenge (163/105/45) with fact sheet

werribi (1/1/0)

wilkatana (1/1/0)

willow (47/28/16)

willunga (1/1/0)

wondoan (2/2/0)

wumu (1/0/0)

yallata (1/1/0)

yamba (1/1/0)

yarran (1/0/0)

yarrunga (1/1/0)

yate (1/0/0)

yaya (1/1/0)

yellow parrot wood (5/0/0)

yellow tingle (1/1/0)

yellowbox (13/6/0)

yellowheart --- see pau amerello

yemeri (1/0/0)

yew (132/85/22)

yvyrapita (1/1/0)

yvyraro (1/1/0)

zambuca (1/0/0)

zapote (2/2/0)

zebrawood (120/90/48) with fact sheet

zebrelli (3/2/0)

zhazhen (1/0/0)

zircote (120/94/53)

zitan (1/0/0)

zorra (1/1/1)

automatically generated statistics:

# different types of wood represented: 699
# unique pictures of those woods: 18,553
11,978 of those unique pictures have enlargements
4,839 of those enlargements have further enlargements
36,069 total image files (including thumbnails and enlargements)
53,585 total files on this web site (including small HTML files)

204 on main page
261 on page 2
234 on page 3

site notes:

mid-2008 --- now up over 18,000 unique pics and have added a few more fact sheets.

mid-Aug, 2007 --- added more pics and a couple of new species; now over 17,000 unique pics with over 680 species

March, 2007 --- I just keep adding more pics, mostly of wood that I have purchased.

Dec, 2006 --- pics now at about 16,500+ and I've started to clean out some of about two dozen species that I have identified as duplicates (different common names for the same species)

May,2006 --- have brought pics to 15,000+, added a donation button to help defray site costs, and have added some sponsors for the same reason. Individual wood fact sheets have been increased a litte and summaries have increased a lot, and I have FINALLY gotten around to adding a site map.

Xmas season, 2005 --- continue to add more pics and more end grain shots. Number of unique pics is now approaching 14,000 and I still have many dozens of wood samples that I have not processed yet.

July, 2005 --- added about 120 new end grain shots from my wood-sample boxes taken with an extreme-closeup camera. Also, merged "white" and "black" limbas into one page

June, 2005 --- Added 100's of new pics and several more fact sheets --- my focus now is moving away from more pics and to more text information

May, 2005 --- Added 100's of new pics and made a major navigation change such that enlargements now open in their own window which means you can compare woods by opening more than one enlargement at a time

Xmas season, 2004 --- finally went through my entire backlog of images that I've been stocking up for many months (some of them for years) and added over 50 new species and over 1,000 new unique images to the site, bringing the total up to almost 550 species and over 10,000 unique pics. Also significantly increased both the volumn and the variety of veneer for sale at the Jewlery Box Veneer site, which supports this site.

early Nov, 2004 --- made my first trip to an exotic wood lumber yard in about 10 years and came away with some really gorgeous stuff, which is currently pictured at the top of the main page and which is also now represented throughout the site on the appropriate pages. It took me a whole weekend to take all the pics, color correct them, and post them on the site.

Mid-Aug, 2004 --- have now added enough pics to bring total unique pics to well over 8,000. I've been buying veneer like crazy and taking pics of it, so most of the new pics that I have added personally are veneer, not lumber.

Mid-Dec, 2003 --- have now added enough pics to bring total unique pics to well over 7,000 and I've also posted pics of many more of my laminated bowls

Mid-Sept, 2003 --- have now added enough pics to bring total unique pics to almost 6,000 and I've also posted pics of many more of my laminated bowls

Late July, 2003 --- added hundreds more pics, bringing total unique pics to over 4800

July 2003, added 50 new species and many hundreds more new pics, bringing the total unique pics to about 4,400 for 480 total species. Reorganized main page to improve load time for modem connections, so there are now TWO secondary thumbnail pages and the main page only has about 125 thumbnails instead of over 250. Also added many new fact sheets and greatly expanded the section on wood terms. Made available a separate main page that has ALL of the thumbnails for those with a high speed connection.

June 2003, added hundreds more new pics, bringing the total unique pics to about 3500

May 2003, took end-grain pictures of all my wood samples and color corrected them and added them to the site. this added about 100 unique pictures. Also added a couple hundred more new pics, bringing the total unique pics to over 3000 and total pics to over 6000

Late March / Early May 2003, added several hundred more pictures plus many enlargements and clarified some text throughout and added a section on mystery woods (woods that I can't identify --- submit your own if you have one). Total unique pics now over 2400

Jan/Feb 2003, added many more pics and a little more verbiage plus a section on wood toxicity

Dec 2002, added another 150 species and 800+ unique pics. bringing total unique pics to almost 1800 for almost 400 types of wood

November 2002, added fact sheets, some project pictures, several new species, and many pictures. Unique pictures now over 900 with 230+ species represented and total pics almost 2,000

early November 2002, site opened to public with about 800 unique pictues of over 200 species.