African Hardwood Species

This diversity of habitat results in an extremely diverse population of tree species.

African hardwood species.

Facebook email pinterest twitter youtube linkedin flickr. This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species. Still celebrated for its beauty and ease of use the popularity of mahogany has decreased in recent years. The top 3 african hardwood species in order of popularity are african mahogany sapele and utile.

Quanzensis is distributed in both lowland rain and dry forest and savannas in the coastal belt of eastern africa from kenya to mozambique and south africa. As a resource american hardwoods are abundant renewing and sustainable and an excellent choice for eco effective design and building. It explains their extreme density and low porosity created by the environment. Leguminosae legume other names.

In addition to the basics where they grow general description and abundance. African hardwood species are characterised by their high density and very low porosity or even absence of it. We work with african exotic wood species only. 2300 michigan street hammond indiana 46320.

African woods from the outdoor friendly afrormosia to the vibrant zebrawood african hardwoods display diversity in color figure as well as uses. Pod mahogany mahogany bean chanfuta peulmanhonia mkehli. In addition african blackwood is technically in the rosewood genus dalbergia and is more stable and resistant to movement and warping than other types of ebony. Trees of sub tropical african hardwoods species are typically small in sizes and grow very slowly because of the predominant dry climate where they grow.

African mahogany african mahogany. For hundreds of years african mahogany has enjoyed traditional uses in furniture and custom millwork. The guide to american hardwood species. Woodworkers will appreciate our extensive list of available woods below.

The species afzelia can be found in the west central and east african regions of sub saharan africa. Brenco exotic woods is an american manufactured hardwood flooring. African blackwood is considered to be among the hardest and densest of woods in the world. Hardwoods angiosperms abachi triplochiton scleroxylon acacia acacia sp robinia pseudoacacia african padauk pterocarpus soyauxii afzelia doussi afzelia africana agba tola gossweilerodendron balsamiferum alder alnus black alder alnus glutinosa red alder alnus rubra ash fraxinus black ash fraxinus nigra blue ash fraxinus.

The african continent is an immense area densely wooded in many regions with wide variations in climate. Indeed among some 285 species tested including lignum vitae gabriel janka originally.