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Box Elder, Manitoba Maple, Flamewood (spalted, stabilized)

Acer negundo

Height: 40-80ft

Range: North America

All maple is beautiful, but boxelder takes it to the extreme. The other name "flamewood' comes from the red streaks that splash through the wood. The coloration is caused by the trees immune system responding to injury or infection. Boxelder also has sap that can produce a tasty syrup, but is l

Hard Maple, Sugar Maple, Rock Maple (burl, stabilized)

Acer saccharum

Height: 100-150ft

Range: Eastern North America

You could say this wood is "sweet", but that would be corny... because like corn- this tree REALLY has the juice! Also known as hard maple bc of it is higher density than other maples. 

Philippine Mahogany, Calantas, Bintinan, Danupra

Toona calantas

Height: 60-90ft

Range: Philippines, Indonesia, Indochinese Peninsula

Not a true mahogany, but closely related and with similar working properties. Despite being classified as "data deficient" by the IUCN, the Philippines have tried to get ahead of the logging pressure on this species by cultivating and reforesting it.

Sapele, Sapele Mahogany, Aboudikro, Assi, Muyovu

Entandrophragma cylindricum

Height: 100-200ft

Range: Central Africa

Not a true mahogany, but similar in working properties. Known for often having high chatoyency and pomelle or quilted figure. Several African countries have created reforestation programs and plantations to ease the impact on wild populations of this tree. 

Chechen, Black Poisonwood, Caribbean Rosewood (burl)

Metopium brownei

Height: 50-100ft

Range: Caribbean larger islands and Gulf/Atlantic Central America

Not a true rosewood, but it is poisonous, at least in the bark. Similar to mango, cashew, and poison ivy- Chechen produces urushiol in its bark as a deterrent to animals. These pieces are of burl, and among the burls I work with- this one has by far t

Honduran Mahogany, Big Leaf Mahogany, "Genuine Mahogany"

Swietenia macrophylla

Height: 150-200ft

Range: Northern South America

You'll notice "Genuine Mahogany" is in quotes, that's because this is the second wood deemed as such. It is very similar to the real deal (Swietenia mahogani), having basically the same coloration and chatoyancy.