KOA

From Hawaii, it is rare within its natural habitat.

Color varies from tree to tree, ranging from pale yellow or golden brown to deep chocolate, but more commonly reddish brown with light and dark bands in the growth rings and various attractive patterns, such as fiddleback and rainbow. The wavy and curly grain is moderate to severely interlocked. The texture is moderately coarse, and the surface is quite lustrous and takes a high polish.

Popular for the manufacture of musical instruments because of its high resonant properties, other common uses include canoes, decorative veneer, gun stocks, joinery, excelsior, lifeboats, and rifle stock.

Pink Ivory

sized tree rarely exceed .04m in diameter. Now very rare as the felling of this tree has been stopped for several years. Heartwood varies from light pink to dark pink and red, with lighter and darker shades of yellow and red, sometime gray. Sapwood is cream to off-white and wide in comparison to the tree. Straight to irregular grain, fine even texture. Dries rapidly with little degrade. Commercially one of the rarest woods in the world. Used for ornaments, turnery, inlays and carving.

CANARY-

WOOD

(American tulipwood, American whitewood, Canary whitewood, Canoe wood, Saddletree, Yellow Poplar)
From the United States and Canada.

Pale olive green to clear yellow in color, it usually has darker streaks in shades of reds, purple, dark green, blue and black. The wood is straight grained, occasionally with an attractive blister figure. Texture is typically fine and even.

Common uses include cabinetmaking, decorative veneer, food containers, hat racks, interior trim, marquetry, moldings, musical instruments, baskets, casks, drum sticks, fine furniture, organ pipes and sounding boards.

COCOBOLO

(Nicaraguan rosewood, Granadillo, Caviuna, Uruana, Funera, Pallisander)
From Central America: Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Color varies from orange to deep red with irregular patterns of purple or black. Grain is usually straight and fine textured. Contains a high oil content, which acts as a barrier to water absorption and imparts a waxy appearance when rubbed.
Common uses include cabinets, chessmen, inlay work, furniture, cutlery handles, and ornamental work.
A medium sized tree with fluted trunk attaining a height of 20m to 30m and a diameter of 0.5m. Heartwood varies from bright orange to deep red with attractive variegated stripes of yellow, orange and black, darkening on exposure. Irregular and variable grain with a fine texture. Drying is slow and care must be taken to avoid splits and surface checking. Very stable once dry. Used for turnery and small cabinet work (though its sometimes difficult to glue), woodwind instruments (not suitable for the mouthpiece), wooden jewelry and decorative work.

GONCALO ALVES

(Ciruelillo, Frijolillo, Gateado, Guarita, Guasango, Gusanero, Jobillo, Palo de cera, Palo de culebra, Ron ron)
From Central and Latin America; Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Guyana and Peru.
A large tree attaining 45m in height, with a diameter 1.0 to 1.5m. Color is initially reddish-brown, golden-orange or brown-beige to red, usually richly mottled with dark brown streaks and spots, becoming brown, red, dark reddish brown with nearly black stripes after prolonged exposure. Grain is irregular, straight to roey or interlocked. Irregular dark longitudinal bands produce an attractive figure. Texture is fine to medium. Can be polished and finished very easily. No grain filling is required and a clear finish has been suggested to enhance the beauty of the wood.
Common uses include billiard-cue butts, brush backs & handles, figured veneer, fine furniture, shafts/handles, sporting goods and tool handles.

TULIP-

WOOD

(Pau rosa, Bois de rose, Pinkwood, Pau de fuso, Jacaranda rosa)
From Central and Latin America; Brazil, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.
A small tree, rarely bigger than .25m diameter and smaller with the sapwood removed, about .2m.
Straw colored background with irregular streaks of shades of yellow rose, pink and violet. Grain is straight to roey, texture is fine, and wood is highly lustrous with excellent polishing qualities.
Common uses included brush handles, cabinetmaking, flooring, furniture, inlay work, marquetry and veneer 

ZEBRA-

WOOD

(African zebrawood, Allen ele, Zebrano, Zingana)
From Gabon, Cameroon, and Congo in Africa.
A very large tree attaining a height of 45m with a diameter of 2m.
Color is light golden-yellow or tan with streaks of dark brown to black, giving a zebra-stripe appearance. Has a high luster, and the grain is usually interlocked or wavy, with a medium to coarse texture and good finishing and polishing characteristics.
Common uses include boat building, decorative veneer, furniture, dowels, floor lamps, and cabinets, rifle stock

BIRD'S EYE MAPLE

(Black maple, Black sugar maple, Hard maple, Hard rock maple, Maple, Rock maple, Sugar maple)
From the United States and Canada.
The sapwood is white with a reddish tinge. The heartwood color is uniformly light reddish brown. Grain is straight but occasionally curly or wavy. Bird's-eye figure is present. Flecks caused by insects may also be present in the wood. The wood is very fine and even textured.
Common uses include bowling pins, decorative veneer, flooring, lumber, handles, windows, baskets, casks, drum sticks, figured veneer, fine furniture, cabinets, organ pipes, pianos, sounding boards, sporting goods, xylophones.

BOCOTE

(Anacahuite, Bois de rose, Canalete, Cordia, Laurel, Peterebi, Salmwood, Siricote)
From Central America; Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.
Color ranges from nearly white to golden brown, with irregular reddish to dark brown streaks. The grain is typically straight, but may vary from straight to roey. The texture is usually fine to medium, with a somewhat oily or waxy appearance.
Common uses include cabinetmaking, decorative veneer, fine furniture, interior trim, balusters, excelsior, floor lamps, moldings, parquet flooring, and wainscoting.

CURLY MAHOGANY

(Lagos wood, Nigerian mahogany, Ghana mahogany, Ivory Coast mahogany, Benin mahogany, Grand Bassam mahogany, Benin wood, Ogwango, Acajou d'Afrique, Ngollon, Khaya, Krala, Acajou blanc, Munyama, Dubini, Dukuma fufu)
From Africa
Color is yellow to reddish-brown. Grain is interlocked with a stripe or roey figure. Texture is typically medium to coarse, with a natural luster. The timber is reported to polish to yield and excellent finish. African mahogany is reported to take stains well. Uses include boat building, cabinetmaking, decorative veneer, furniture.