Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species.
Tropical hardwood trees list.
You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer.
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The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate giving the wood its greater density.
Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
Only use this list as a guide for common botanical names etc.
Each species has its own unique set of characteristics color grain pattern etc.
Just as trees in the temperate lands have many uses so do those in the tropics.
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Africa also happens to be home to some of the hardest types of wood in the world.
We know where to find them how to use them and how to.
The african continent is an immense area densely wooded in many regions with wide variations in climate.
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.
You may notice some similarities between the articles on the following pages and the material in the book timber trees of costa rica which covers 55 tropical hardwood species.
Providing shade lumber fuel food or ornamental beauty the list of tropical trees seems endless.
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This diversity of habitat results in an extremely diverse population of tree species.
Not all species are listed or available.
There are many different kinds of tropical hardwoods to choose from.
Please refer to our pricelist for a more up to date list of what we currently have in stock.
In the tropical zones where winter frosts do not occur a wealth of tree species exists.
That s because one of the authors wrote the articles for our site.
Here at durable wood products we ve been dealing with tropical hardwoods for many years.