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 The Hall of Wood

Indian Rosewood

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia

Janka Hardness: 2,440 lbf (10,870 N)

Appearance: Heartwood of East Indian Rosewood can vary from a golden brown to a deep purplish brown, with darker brown streaks. The wood darkens with age, usually becoming a deep brown.

African Golden Teak

Distribution: West Africa

Janka Hardness: 1,570 lbf (6,980 N)

Appearance: Heartwood is typically a yellowish brown, occasion will have an either reddish or olive hue. Color tends to darken with age. Narrow sapwood is pale yellow and is clearly differentiated from the heartwood.

Ironwood

Distribution: Indochina

Janka Hardness: 3,010

Appearance: Ironwood is a dark purple-brown to dark red-brown and its grain is moderately well-defined, fine and even.

Balau Wood

Distribution: Southeast Asia

Janka Hardness: 1,600 lbf (7,120 N)

Appearance: Color can be highly variable depending upon the species: ranging from a pale straw color, to a darker reddish brown.

Ash

Distribution: Eastern North America

Janka Hardness: 1,320 lbf (5,870 N)

Appearance: The heartwood is a light to medium brown color. Sapwood can be very wide, and tends to be a beige or light brown; not always clearly or sharply demarcated from heartwood.

Tasmanian Oak

Distribution: Australia

Janka Hardness: 1,010

Appearance: Tasmanian Oak is a warm, dense and resilient hardwood. It works extremely well and produces an excellent finish. Heartwood light yellow, golden brown, reddish brown, to a distinct red.

Merbau

Distribution: From East Africa to Southeast Asia and Australia; (primarily New Guinea)

Janka Hardness: 1,840 lbf (7,620 N)

Appearance: Has an orangish-brown color when freshly cut, which ages to a darker reddish-brown.

Ebony

Distribution: Equatorial West Africa

Janka Hardness: 2,080 lbf (13,700 N)

Appearance: Heartwood is usually jet-black, with little to no variation or visible grain. Occasionally dark brown or grayish-brown streaks may be present.

Cherry

Distribution: Eastern North America

Janka Hardness: 2950 lbf (4,230 N)

Appearance: Heartwood is a light pinkish brown when freshly cut, darkening to a medium reddish brown with time and upon exposure to light. Sapwood is a pale yellowish color.

Patagonian Walnut

Distribution: Tropical Americas (Central and South America); also farmed commercially

Janka Hardness: 3,510 lbf (15,620 N)

Appearance: Heartwood can vary in color from reddish brown, to more yellowish olive brown or darker blackish brown; sometimes with darker brown/black stripes. 

Burmese Teak / Indonesian Teak

Distribution: Native to southern Asia; Tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Janka Hardness: 1,070 lbf (4,740 N)

Appearance: Heartwood tends to be a golden or medium brown, with color darkening with age.

Chengal Wood

Distribution: Malaysia

Janka Hardness: 2,130

Appearance: Heartwood light yellow brown with a distinct green tinge when fresh, changing on exposure to a dark brown or dark purple brown; sharply demarcated from the pale yellow sapwood.

American Walnut

Distribution: California and Oregon

Janka Hardness: 1,130 lbf (5,030 N)

Appearance: Heartwood can range from a lighter pale brown to a dark chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. Color can sometimes have a gray, purple, or reddish cast.

Canadian Marple

Distribution: Northeastern North America

Janka Hardness: 1,450 lbf (6,450 N)

Appearance: Sapwood color ranges from nearly white, to an off-white cream color, sometimes with a reddish or golden hue. The heartwood tends to be a darker reddish brown.

Wenge

Distribution: Central Africa

Janka Hardness: 1,930 lbf (8,600 N)

Appearance: Heartwood is medium brown, sometimes with a reddish or yellowish hue, with nearly black streaks. Upon application of a wood finish (particularly an oil finish) the wood can become nearly black.

American White Oak

Distribution: Eastern United States

Janka Hardness: 1,350 lbf (5,990 N)

Appearance: Heartwood is a light to medium brown, commonly with an olive cast. Nearly white to light brown sapwood is not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood. 

Iroko

Distribution: Tropical Africa

Janka Hardness: 21,260 lbf (5,610 N)

Appearance: Heartwood is usually a yellow to golden or medium brown, with color tending to darken over time. Pale yellow sapwood is clearly demarcated from the heartwood.

European Oak

Distribution: Europe

Janka Hardness: 4.5 kN

Appearance: Sapwood is thin, between 1 to 4 cm, and white.The clearly demarcated heartwood is light brown to dark brown. Oak is mostly straight grained with a medium to coarse texture.

Brazilian Cherry

Distribution: Central America, southern Mexico, northern South America, and the West Indies

Janka Hardness: 2,690 lbf (11,950 N)

Appearance: Heartwood varies from a light orangish brown to a darker reddish brown. Color tends darken upon exposure to light.

Beech

Distribution: Eastern United States

Janka Hardness: 1,300 lbf (5,780 N)

Appearance: Beech is typically a pale cream color, sometimes with a pink or brown hue. Veneer tends to be slightly darker colored.

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