Common Tropical Hardwoods

Uses garapa is commonly used for decking siding and outdoor furniture.

Common tropical hardwoods.

Unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species. There are hundreds of tropical hardwood types that are used in woodworking. The fretboard of traditional string instruments is mainly made of tropical hardwoods such as ebony indian rosewood african blackwood and other precious woods that are characterized by a high density high strength and hardness good wear resistance and dimensional stability and a beautiful color 1 2 however these trees have a long growth cycle the yield is low and the wood is. Some of the most common species are mahogany merbau okoume teak meranti azobe and bangkirai.

The most common species in north america are oaks maple hickory birch beech and cherry. Most common hardwoods. The sustainability profile of tropical hardwoods is characterised by good durability but a large impact of transportation and risk of illegal activities connected to logging. Imperiled riches threatened rainforests commonly harvested tropical timber hardwoods africa.

Like almost every other tropical hardwood garapa is less stable than ipe but its fine grain and kiln drying makes it stable enough to perform well in service.