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Country of Origin
Ranking*
Africa
VU
Brazil
NR
Laos
EN
Africa
VU
Laos
VU
South America
NR
Brazil
NR
Ecuador
EN
Finland
NR
Australia
NR
Tanzania
LR
Australia
NR
Brazil
Brazil
NR
EN
Blackwood, Australian
Acacia melanoxylon
Bloodwood
Brosmium rubescens
Brosmium glaziovii
[USDAs Forest Products Laboratory lists 75 spp. under the
common name Bloodwood]
Bocote/Mexican Rosewood
Cordia elaegnoides
29 spp. Of Cordia are ranked from LR to CE incl.:
Cordia urticcea
Boxwood, Maracaibo
Gossypiospermum praecox
Bulletwood
Manikara bidentata
Bubinga
Guibourtia demeusei/tessmannii
Mexico
NR
Mexico
CE
Colombia
NR
Central/South America
NR
Africa
NR/VU
South America
NR
Colombia, Panama
VU
Australia
NR
Thailand
VU
Caribbean
NR
Central America
VU
Africa
VU
Central/South America
NR
USA (Arizona)
NR
Africa
EN
Africa
NR
Laos
NR
Sri Lanka
DD
India
NR
Celebes Islands
VU
C
Canarywood, Tarara
Centrolobium microchaete
[USDA FPL lists 7 spp. Under the common name Canarywood]
Canarywood/Amarillo Guayaquil
Centrolobium yavizanum
Coachwood
Ceratopetalum apetalem
Cochinchin
Dalbergia cochinchinensis
Chechem/Che Chen
Metopium brownei
Cocobolo
Dalbergia retusa
D
Danta/Lemonwood
Nesogordonia papaverifera
Degame
Calycophyllum candidissium
Desert Ironwood
Olneya tesota
E
Ebony, African
Diospyros crassiflora
Ebony, African
Diospyros piscatorial
Ebony, Black & White
Diospyros embryopteris
Ebony, Indian Ceylon
Diospyros ebenum
Ebony, Indian
Diospyros melanoxylon/tomentosa
Ebony, Macassar
Diospyros celebica
Ebony, Mun
Diospyros mun
Laos
CE
Brazil
NR
Puerto Rico/Brazil
Brazil
NR
EN
Guyana
DD
S. Am.
Argentina/Bolivia
NR
VU
Brazil
VU
Africa
LR
Africa
Africa
NR
VU
South America
EN
Australia
NR
Central/South America
Central/South America
NR
VU
Brazil
NR
Australia
NR
Brazil
NR
Chile
LR
India
India
NR
EN
G
Goncalo Alves/Tigerwood
Astronium graveolens/fraxinifolium
Granadillo/Yellow Sanders
Buchenavia capitata
B. pabstii
Greenheart
Chlorocardium rodiei
H
Hububalli
Loxopterygium sagotti
L. grisebachii
I
Imbuia/Brazilian Walnut
Ocotea/Phoebe porosa
Iroko
Milicia chlorophora
Ironwood
Olea capensis
Other African O. spp. Ranked VU
Ivorywood
Balfourodendron riedelianum
J
Jarrah
Eucalyptus marginata
Jatoba/Courbaril
Hymenaea courbaril
H. torrei
K
Kingwood, Brazilian/violet wood
Dalbergia cearensis
L
Lacewood/Silky Oak
Grevillea robusta
Lacewood
Roupala brasiliensis
Laurel, Chilean
Laurelia sempervirens
Laurel, Indian
Terminalia alata
Other Indian T. Spp. Ranked EN
Leadwood
Combretum schumanni
Other Tanzanian Combretum spp. ranked CE
Leopardwood
Brosmium guianense
Flindersia ifflaina
Lignum Vitae
Guaiacum officinale
M
Mahogany, Honduras
Swietenia macrophylla
Mahogany, American/ Small-leaved
Swietenia mahagoni
Makore/baku/douka
Tieghemella hecklelii
Mallee, Red
Eucalyptus sp.
Manbarklak/Kakeralli
Eschweilera sp.
Tanzania
Tanzania
NR
CE
South America
Australia
NR
EN
Central America
EN
VU
Western Indonesia
EN
Africa
EN
Australia
NR
Africa
NR
Suriname
Costa Rica
NR
VU
Africa
NR
Brazil, Bolivia
VU
Africa
LR
Australia
Australia
NR
EN
Malaysia, Philippines
VU
Australia
NR
Africa
NR
Africa
VU
Mansonia
Mansonia altissima
Marblewood
Marmaroxylon racemosum
Abarema racemiflora
Mopane
Colophospermum mopane
Morado, Pau Ferro, Bolivian Rosewood
Machaerium villosum
Muninga/Bleedwood/mukwa
Pterocarpus angolensis
Myrtle, Tasmanian
Nothofagus cunninghamii
Other Australian N. spp. ranked EN
N
Narra, Red
Pterocarpus indicus
O
Oak, Tasmanian
Eucalyptus delegatensis
Odoko
Scottelia coriacea et al.
Okoume
Aucoumea klaineana
Olivewood, African
Olea hochstetteri
Opepe
Nauclea diderrichii
Ovangkol
Guibourtia ehie
P
Padauk, Andaman/East Indian
Mahogany/vermillion wood
Pterocarpus dalbergoides
Padauk, African
Pterocarpus soyauxii
IUCN ranks 34 P. spp., many EN, VU
Pau Amarello, Brazil Satinwood
Euxylophoro paraensis
Pau Brasil, Pernambuco / Brazilwood / Brazil
Ironwood
Caesalpinia echinata
Peroba Rosa
Aspidosperma polyneuron
Pink Ivory
Berchemia zeyheri
South Africa
NR
Africa
VU
Africa
VU
DD
Africa
Africa
NR
EN, VU
Brazil
NR
Brazil
EN
Brazil, Paraguay
EN
South Africa
NR
Brazil
NR
Central/South America
NR
Australia
EN
New Zealand
NR
Malaysia
VU
Bolivia
NR
Suriname
NR
Brazil
VU
Laos, Burma
EN
India, Indonesia
VU
Piquia Marfim
Aspidosperma desmanthum
Purpleheart
Peltogyne sp.
Q
Queensland Maple
Flindersia ifflaina
R
Rewarewa/New Zealand Honeysuckle
Knightia excels
Ramin
Gonystylus bancanus
Rosewood, Bolivian
Machaerium scleroxylon
Rosewood, Borneo
Melanorrhoea usitata
Rosewood, Brazilian
Dalbergia nigra
Rosewood, Burmese
Dalbergia olivera and bariensi
Rosewood, East Indian/Indonesian
Dalbergia latifolia
Rosewood, Honduras
Dalbergia stevensonii
Belize, Guatemala
NR by IUCN;
comercial
logging
banned by
Costa Rica;
CITES
Appendix III
Madagascar
EN
Nicaragua
NR
Thailand
Southeast Asia
VU
EN,VU
India, SE Asia
VU
Nepal, Tanzania
NR
Cameroon
VU
Sri Lanka
VU
Caribbean
VU
Brazil
NR
VU
Australia
LR
Africa
NR
Laos
NR
South Africa
NR
Australia, Philippines
NR
Brazil
NR
Africa
EN
Z
Zebrawood/Zebrano
Microberlinia brazzavillensis
Ziricote
Cordia dodecandra
West Africa
VU
NR
*Sources:
1. To find a scientific name for a common name, first examine the USDA Forest Products Lab
Name Finder Tool online at http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/CommNames2000.html, and then consult
the IUCN Red List (which requires the scientific name), www.iucn.org/resources/red_list.
2. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the oldest and largest species
conservation body in the world.
The IUCN rankings are:
1. Critically Endangered (CE)
2. Endangered (EN)
3. Vulnerable (VU) (CE, EN & VU constitute species at significant risk of extinction in the wild
for which adequate data exist)
4. Lower Risk (LR)
5. Data Deficient (DD)
I have marked species not ranked by IUCN as NR. There are multiple reasons why a species
may not have been ranked by IUCN, even though the species is in fact rare and endangered.
Wood dealers, for example, consider Pink Ivory one of the rarest woods in the world, but the
IUCN has not addressed this species. For this reason, a concerned woodturner should consult
other reputable sources, such as Flora and Fauna Internationals www.globaltrees.com.
Sources used to identify woods turned on the lathe and sold for that purpose were: various
books contained in library of The Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, including: Lark Books,
Ed. 500 Wood Bowls, 2004; the Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture. The Wood Handbook. Madison, WI (published online); Porter, Terry. WoodIdentification and Use. East Sussex, UK., 2006. Walker, Aidan, Ed. The Encyclopedia of Wood.
New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1989; various exotic woods vendor websites (online).