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Timber species notes index

The Timber Species series describes the wood properties and uses of Australian and exotic hardwood and softwood timbers.

Timber Species 1 defines the technical terms used in the series.

American mahogany, Swietenia mahogany, S. macrophylla

Amoora, Amoora spp. Principally A. cucullata

Balau: Red balau, BALAU (other than red balau) Shorea spp. Principally S. glauca, S. laevis, S. albida, S. seminis, S. maxwelliana, S. astylosa. RED BALAU Shorea, principally S. kunstleri, S. guiso, S. collina, S. ochrophloia

Bimble box, Eucalyptus populnea

Black bean, Castanospermum australe

Blackbutt, Eucalyptus pilularis

Blackdown stringybark, Eucalyptus sphaerocarpa

Blush alder , Sloanea australis

Blush walnut, Beilschmiedia obtusifolia

Bollywood, Litsea glutinosa, L. leefeana, L. reticulata

Brigalow, Acacia harpophylla

Brown quandong, Elaeocarpus ruminatus, E. coorangooloo

Brown salwood, Acacia aulacocarpa, A. mangiuim

Bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii

Brush box, Lophostemon confertus

Calantas, Toona calantas syn. Cedrela calantas

Calophyllum, Calophyllum spp. principally C. vitiense, C. leucocarpum, C. kajewskii, C. paludosum

Carbeen, Corymbia tessellaris

Carribbean pine, Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis, P. caribaea var. hondurensis, P. caribaea var. caribaea

Chengal, Balanocarpus heimii

Coachwood, Ceratopetalum apetalum

Damson, Terminalia sericocarpa

Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii

Durian, Durio spp., Neesia spp., Bombax spp., Coelostegia spp., Kostermansia spp.

Erima, Octomeles sumatrana

Eungella satinash, red and white, Acmena resa (red); Syzygium wesa (white)

Forest red gum, Eucalyptus tereticornis

Grey box, Eucalyptus moluccana, E. woollsiana ssp. microcarpa

Grey gum, Eucalyptus propinqua var. propinqua, E. punctata

Grey ironbark, Eucalyptus drepanophylla, E. paniculata

Grey satinash, Syzygium gustavioides syn. Eugenia gustavioides

Gympie messmate, Eucalyptus cloeziana

Hoop pine, Araucaria cunninghamii

Jarrah, Eucalyptus marginata

Kapur, Dryobalanops spp., principally D. aromatica

Kempas, Koompassia spp., principally K.malaccensis, K. excelsa

Keruing, Dipterocarpus spp.(combined group of about 70 species)

Kwila, Intsia bijuga (formerly Afzelia bijuga syn. Afzelia australis), I. palembanica

Meranti, Shorea spp., Parashorea spp.

Miva mahogany, Dysoxylum muelleri, D. cerebriforme

Narrow-leaved red ironbark, Eucalyptus crebra 

Northern cypress, Callitris intratropica

Northern silky oak, Cardwellia sublimis

Palaquium, Palaquium species, principally P. galactoxylum, P. hexandrum, P. ellipticum, P. obovatum, P. rostratum, P. hornei, P. amboinense

Pepperwood, Cinnamomum laubatii formerly C. tamala

Queensland maple, Flindersia brayleyana

Queensland walnut, Endiandra palmerstonii syn. Cryptocarya palmerstonii

Radiata pine , Pinus radiata

Ramin, Gonystylus spp.

Red bloodwood, Corymbia gummifera, C. intermedia, C. polycarpa

Red cedar, Toona ciliata, syn. T. australis, Cedrela australis, C. toona, C. toona var. australis

Red mahogany, Eucalyptus pellita, E. intermedia

Red siris, Paraserianthes toona

Rose gum , Eucalyptus grandis

Rose mahogany, Dysoxylum fraseranum

Rubberwood, Hevea brasiliensis

Satinay, Syncarpia hillii

Scentless rosewood, Synoum muelleri, S. glandulosum

Silver ash, Flindersia bourjotiana, F. schottiana

Silver quandong, Elaeocarpus grandis

Silvertop stringybark, Eucalyptus laevopinea

Slash pine, Pinus elliottii var. elliottii, P. elliottii var. densa

Spear wattle, Acacia rhodoxylon

Spotted gum, Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata and subsp. citriodora

Tallowwood, Eucalyptus microcorys

Taun, Pometia spp. Principally P. pinnata, P. tomentosa

Teak, Tectona grandis

Tulip oak, Argyrodendron actinophyllum subsp. actinophyllum, A. trifoliolatum, A. peralatum

Tulip plum, Pleiogynium timorense

Turpentine, Syncarpia glomulifera

Western red cedar, Thuja plicata

Western white gum, Eucalyptus argophloia

White beech, Gmelina fasciculiflora, G. leichhardtii, G. dalrympleana

White cheesewood, Alstonia scholaris

White cypress, Callitris glaucopylla

White mahogany, Eucalyptus acmenoides, E. umbra ssp. umbra, E. umbra ssp. carnea

White stringybark, Eucalyptus eugenioides

Yellow walnut, Beilschemiedia bancroftii

Last Updated 17 August 2007