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Alder, Knotty
From: Pacific Coast of North America.
Color: Pale Yellow to Reddish Brown with dark knots
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American Black Cherry
From: Eastern USA, Eastern Canada.
Color: Reddish brown with a golden luster. Freshly cut cherry is often very pale, but the wood oxidizes to its famously favorable rich brown red in time.
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Basswood
From: Eastern United States and Canada.
Color: Creamy white to very light brown.
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Birds Eye Maple
From: Northeastern USA & Canada.
Color: Cream white to reddish brown.
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Curley Maple
From: Northeastern USA & Canada.
Color: Cream white to reddish brown.
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Hickory
From: Canada, United States
Color: White cream with brown streaks to tan.
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Ponderosa Pine
From: North America - Canada, United States
Color: From light pale yellow to medium yellow, to deep orange
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Quarter Sawn White Oak
From: Eastern United States and Canada.
Color: Beige to creamy tan.
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Red Oak
From: Eastern United States and Canada.
Color: Light brown with a reddish tinge.
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Redwood
From: North America, California
Color: The heartwood varies in color from light cherry red to dark reddish-brown or mahogany.
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Central/South America
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Bloodwood
From: Central/Latin America
Color: Rich strawberry red to light pink or yellowish red; sometimes with golden yellow stripes.
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Bocote
From:Mexico and Central/South America
Color:Has a yellowish brown body with dramatic dark brown to almost black stripes,
the grain patterning can be quite striking, particularly on flatsawn areas.
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Canarywood
From: Brazil, Bolivia
Color: Very irregular color ranges from yellow to orange with streaks of red, purple and black.
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Chontaquiro
From: Peru
Color: Tan-like yellow to medium brown with a slight orange-red cast that darkens with age.
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Cocobolo
From:Central America
Color: Cocobolo can be seen in a kaleidoscope of different colors, ranging from yellow, orange, red, and shades of brown with streaks of black or purple.
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Goncalo Alves
From: South America
Color: Light butterscotch brown to reddish brown with blackish brown streaks.
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Granadillo
From: Granadillo is a name given to many woods in Latin America
Color: Dark brown to red to orange to purple
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Ipe
From: Central/South America
Color: Light to dark olive brown with greenish caste, often with lighter or darker streaks.
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Jatoba
From: Central and Tropical South America
Color: Russett to reddish brown, often with dark stripes or streaks.
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Laurel Blanco
From: From southern Mexico to Brazil
Color: light yellowish to medium brown, sometimes with darker streaks
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Leopardwood
From: South America, Chile, Brazil
Color: Pale pinkish brown to medium brown.
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Macacauba
From: Central & South America -- Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Nicaragua, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
Color: Brick red to purple brown with lighter and darker streaks.
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Mahogany Genuine
From: Central and Tropical South America; Bolivia, Brazil, Belize, Nicaragua.
Color: Yellowish brown to reddish or orange brown.
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Monkey Pod
From: Central and South America; Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Bolivia
Color: Boards often feature a variety of color (not uniform) from medium leathery brown to dark chocolate brown
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Morado
From: Tropical South America, primarily southern Brazil and Bolivia.
Color: Dark violet brown or a lighter tan brown with dark streaks and stripes - somewhat rosewood like.
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Purple Heart
From: Mexico to Tropical South America
Color: Dull gray brown when freshly cut but soon oxidizing to a violet purple.
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Satin Wood
From: State of Para, Brazil
Color: Rich, bright yellow.
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Tropical Walnut
From: Central and South America
Color: Dark chocolate brown sometimes with a purple cast.
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African
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African Mahogany
From: West Africa, primarily Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria
Color:Light pink to reddish-brown or golden tan-brown.
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African Padauk
From: Africa; Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaire
Color: Bright orange red when freshy cut or planed, often with dark stripes; ocidizes to dark chocolate brown or light brown.
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Black Limba
From: West Africa, widely distributed from Guinea to Zaire.
Color: Pale yellow to light brown with black streaks.
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Black Palm
From: Tropical Asia and Africa.
Color: Black fibers embedded in a lighter tan or light brown colored body.
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Bubinga
From: Cameroon and Gabon, West Africa
Color: Light red or violet with fairly evenly spaced purple stripes
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Makore / African Cherry
From: Tropical and West Africa
Color: Reddish-brown to maroon
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Movingui
From: West Africa
Color: Bright yellow to pale golden yellow with a satin-like shimmer and sheen
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Sapele
From: Africa; Ivory Coast and Nigeria
Color: Dark red brown, similar to African mahogany
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Shedua
From: Africa; Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria
Color:Varies from yellow brown to dark brown or chocolate brown, with gray to almost black stripes.
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Wenge
From: Tropical West Africa, Zaire, Cameroon, Gabon, Tanzania.
Color: Dark brown to black with fine black veining.
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Zebrawood
From: West Africa, especially Cameroon and Gabon.
Color: Golden brown with pronounced dark brown streaks.
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