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Agathis
*Agathis* is arguably one of the world’s finest quality woods. And has been a highly valued commercial timber for many years. Producing large wide boards free of defect, uniform in colour and free of tainting chemicals. Both the heartwood and sapwood are well known and highly appreciated in the timber industry. The timber is...
American White Oak
*American White Oak* is a light to medium hardwood with consistent colouring and very attractive figure, when cut on the full quarter. A highly decorative wood suitable for your niche markets. An attractive and appealing timber for architects, furniture designers and furniture manufacturers. The timber resembles European oak, being a mixture of species. However,...
Blackbean
*Blackbean* trees attain heights of 130ft with a diameter up to 4ft. The bole is not prominently buttressed. At a distance the wood is not unlike European Walnut or ‘Queensland Walnut’ but is slightly heavier. The tree is found in the moist scrub forest from New South Wales to Queensland. *Blackbean* is one of...
Calantas
*Calantas* is a medium to large hardwood attaining 40m in height, with grey to grey-brown bark, which is shed in thin patches. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. The heartwood is light red to red brown with the sapwood being a sharply defined pink- grey colour. Figure...
Calophyllum
*Calophyllum* is popular for a variety of end uses including furniture manufacture and cabinet work as well as for veneer and plywood manufacture. The timbers range in colour from a pale pinkish-brown to pale red-brown to pale red. Quarter-sawn boards produce a pronounced ribbon figure, whilst back sawn material is nicely figured with a...
Dakua Salusalu
*Salusalu* is imported from Fiji and often regarded as a substitute for sap Rimu, It responds rather well to both hand and machine tools to yield smooth, finished surfaces in most woodworking operations. The mature tree usually has a trunk diameter between 50 and 160 cm. The color of Salusalu ranges from pale...
Heavy Hopea
*Heavy Hopea* is found growing through out south east Asia and Papua New Guinea. Trees are report to grow upwards of 45m in height with trunks reaching 120cm in diameter or more. Timber is commonly used in New Zealand for decking, flooring and outdoor furniture. The heartwood is dark brown in colour initialy. Exposure tends to...
Kwila
*Kwila* is a high quality, strong and durable hardwood. It has become popular in New Zealand and Australia, where it is in high demand for decking outdoor furniture and high quality interior finishing's. The timber is either a yellowish-brown or dark brown in colour, darkening on exposure to light. In exterior situations it weathers...
Malas
*Malas* makes up approximately 9% of the total log exports of Papua New Guinea. It is somewhat similar to the Mahogany range of timbers, having good working and finishing properties. The colour makes it easily distinguishable from other timber species and as a finished product it gives something different. The Heartwood is brown, reddish...
Milk Tree
*Milk Tree* is a magnificent deciduous tree of the forest canopy, often 20 to 40 metres tall with a dome shaped crown. The tree yields a lightweight hardwood with density of 380-420 kilograms per cubic metre. As the wood peels very easily and evenly, it is commonly used for veneer production. The timber has...
Pencil Cedar
*Pencil Cedar* is a high quality hardwood. Due to its ease of working, uniform colour, fine texture and finishing characteristics, it is highly favoured in Japan for prestige cabinet work and custom-made furniture where it has been marketed successfully as 'royal cherry'.* * *Pencil Cedar* is represented by a number of species. Usually a large,...
Pink Birch
*Pink Birch* is the common name for a number of species which form a medium to large tree throughout the region from Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago to North Queensland and the Solomon Islands. It occurs in lowland and montane forest. In the Solomon islands, it is represented by only one Species, generally scattered but...
PNG Oak
*PNG Oak* is a good economical replacement for American White Oak. The color is paler than American White Oak but does have a very similar grain. The sapwood varies from straw to pale yellow, and is not distinct from the heartwood which is cream to pale brown with ripple marks appearing. The grain...
Podocarp
*Podocarp* is one of the most popular of our hardwood timbers because it is very similar to native Rimu. It is easier to source and less expensive so it can be used in older character homes as both a structural and finishing timber where native Rimu was previously used. Podocarp has been proven as a...
Radiata Pine
*Radiata Pine* is, and will continue to be the main exotic forest species planted and managed in New Zealand’s forests. However its timber properties are not always well suited to demanding end-uses that require a high standards in decorative features, dimensional stability and surface hardness. *Radiata Pine* is a versatile and readily available timber, suitable...
Red Cedar
*Red Cedar* is preferred for its attractive appearance. Sapwood and heartwood are distinctly different in colour. Heartwood is pale-red to reddish-brown, darkening to a dark red-brown on exposure, with sapwood varying between grey-white, pink or pale-red. The grain is straight to interlocked, sometimes wavy, with the texture rather coarse and uneven. Rays small and medium...
Rosewood
*Rosewood* is a timber with remarkable physical beauty, an amazing range of uses and durability matched only by timbers which are either more expensive or which do not possess the same physical attraction or working qualities. Described as having a variable grain pattern, although one of the finest furniture and cabinet woods. Leading furniture...
Silver Ash
*Silver Ash* grows predominantly in the Western province of Papua New Guinea. Tough resilient elastic and is of medium density and strong. Silver Ash is a beatiful timber that possesses rays that are visible without the aid of a lens. Used for decorative application and where flexibility and toughness are important. Heartwood varies from...
Walnut
*Walnut* are among the most beautiful and most useful of all trees. For fine furniture, cabinets, and paneling, the beauty and quality of walnut wood are equaled only by mahogany and oak. The much prized heartwood of New Guinea Walnut is typically, wavy grained with dark grey to black bands or fine pencil-like streaks...
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Species
Agathis
American White Oak
Blackbean
Calantas
Calophyllum
Dakua Salusalu
Heavy Hopea
Kwila
Malas
Milk Tree
Pencil Cedar
Pink Birch
PNG Oak
Podocarp
Radiata Pine
Red Cedar
Rosewood
Silver Ash
Walnut
