Wood Trading | The Wood Database

Eric Meier (IWCS #9701)

Are you interested in getting or using new and unusual wood species? Are you a wood collector? If so, maybe we can trade. If you are a member of the International Wood Collectors Society (IWCS), then you probably already know that the standard size for wood samples is 6″ (long) x 3″ (wide) x 1/2″ (thick).

What I’ve got for trade

Please note that this is not a for-sale list—I’m only looking to extend my diversity of wood species and therefore multiply the reach of the site. For purchasing wood samples, I’d direct you to other sources such as Gary Green, Carlton McLendon Inc, or the man who quite literally wrote the book on wood collecting, Alan Curtis.

#	Common Name	Scientific Name	Notes
001	Pacific silver fir	Abies amabilis	knot
002	Pacific silver fir	Abies amabilis	approximately 2.4″ wide
287	Pink gidgee	Acacia crombei	7/16″ thick, wane edge, ~65% sapwood
006	Box elder	Acer negundo	defects
007	Red maple	Acer rubrum	slight defects
008	Hard maple	Acer saccharum
010	Ambrosia maple	Acer sp.
011	Ambrosia maple	Acer sp.	streaked, but without bug holes
009	Mountain maple	Acer spicatum	glued up (two piece), defects
012	Yellow buckeye	Aesculus flava (= A. octandra)
191	Chamfuta	Afzelia quanzensis
013	Kauri	Agathis australis	swamp-recovered Kauri
015	Lebbeck	Albizia lebbeck
158	Lebbeck	Albizia lebbeck	2 7/8″ wide
016	Black siris	Albizia odoratissima
017	Boonaree	Alectryon oleifolius	glued up (two piece), 7/16″ thick, 5 3/4″ long
018	Boonaree	Alectryon oleifolius	mostly sapwood
019	Buloke	Allocasuarina luehmannii	minor defects
020	Buloke	Allocasuarina luehmannii	defects
021	Buloke	Allocasuarina luehmannii
022	Red alder	Alnus rubra	knot one side
259	Emien	Alstonia congensis	2 7/8″ wide
307	Cerejeira	Amburana cearensis	4″ x 4″ x 1.5″ thick
322	Cerejeira	Amburana cearensis	2 5/8″ wide, 5 3/4″ long, checks
308	Cebil	Anadenanthera colubrina	4″ x 4″ x 2″
023	Mersawa	Anisoptera sp.	glued up (two piece)
024	Parana pine	Araucaria angustifolia
025	Madrone (burl veneer)	Arbutus menziesii	veneer mounted to 1/2″ MDF
302	Manzanita (root)	Arctostaphylos sp.	wane and defects, missing corner
323	Manzanita	Arctostaphylos sp.	defects/checks
203	Goncalo alves	Astronium sp.	3/4″ thick
027	Blackheart sassafras	Atherosperma moschatum
236	Tawa	Beilschmieda tawa	5 3/4″ long, thickness tapers from 1/2″ to 3/8″
189	Brown ivory	Berchemia discolor
028	Pink ivory	Berchemia zeyheri	glued up (two piece), moderately curly figure
029	Pink ivory	Berchemia zeyheri	moderately curly figure
030	Brazilnut	Bertholletia excelsa
204	Brazilnut	Bertholletia excelsa	glued up (2 stacked facegrain pieces)
294	Brazilnut	Bertholletia excelsa	7/8″ thick; glued-up (two piece)
031	Suriname ironwood/yzerhart	Bocoa prouacensis	some sapwood, slight drying check one side
033	Sucupira	Bowdichia virgilioides
260	Bomanga	Brachystegia laurentii	2 7/8″ wide
190	Masasa	Brachystegia spiciformis
234	Bloodwood	Brosimum rubescens	good red color; 2 3/4″ wide, ~1″ thick
251	Bloodwood	Brosimum rubescens	5 7/8″ long, 7/16″ thick
211	Argentine lignum vitae	Bulnesia sarmientoi	5.5″ long
242	Gumbo limbo	Bursera simaruba	spalted, ~3/8″ thick
213	Boxwood	Buxus sempervirens	glued up (two piece)
214	Boxwood	Buxus sempervirens	defects/discoloration
224	Rose alder	Caldeluvia australiensis
035	Lemonwood	Calycophyllum candidissimum	glued up (two piece)
284	Oriental hornbeam	Carpinus orientalis
194	Mulmanama	Cassia abbreviata	5 3/4″ long
206	Mulmanama	Cassia abbreviata
207	Mulmanama	Cassia abbreviata	5 3/4″ long, glued up (2 facegrain pieces)
037	American chestnut	Castanea dentata	defects
038	Chinese chestnut	Castanea mollissima
167	Sweet chestnut	Castanea sativa	2.7″ wide
039	Belah	Casuarina cristata
040	Southern catalpa	Catalpa bignonioides
041	Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis
237	Hackberry	Celtis occidentalis	7/16″ thick
217	Momoqui	Cenostimga pluviosa (=Caesalpinia)	glued up (3 stacked facegrain layers)
042	Carob	Ceratonia siliqua	defects
309	Mountain Mahogany	Cercocarpus ledifolius	4″ x 4″ x 2″; drying checks, some sapwood
043	Port Orford cedar	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana	approximately 2.4″ wide
233	Camphor	Cinnamomum camphora
326	Florida fiddlewood	Citharexylum spinosum	3/8″ thick; glued up (two-piece)
327	Florida fiddlewood	Citharexylum spinosum	just under 3/8″ thick
262	Cordia	Cordia platythyrsa	2 7/8″ wide
219	Kou	Cordia subcordata	some sapwood, wane edge
044	Hazel	Corylus avellana	2.6″ wide
319	Cadaghi (quartersawn)	Corymbia torelliana	2 3/4″ wide; some bug holes/discoloration
320	Cadaghi (flatsawn)	Corymbia torelliana	2 3/4″ wide; some bug holes/discoloration
264	Oneseed hawthorn	Crataegus monogyna	defects, wane, 1.75 to 2.75″ wide, 7/16″ thick
045	Bolly or Tarzali silkwood	Cryptocarya oblata
297	Sugi	Cryptomeria japonica
046	Monterey cypress	Cupressus macrocarpa
199	Okan	Cylicodiscus gabunensis
047	Madagascar rosewood	Dalbergia baronii	7/16″ thick, bland
048	Siamese rosewood	Dalbergia cochinchinensis	7/16″ thick
049	Siamese rosewood	Dalbergia cochinchinensis
240	Guatemalan rosewood	Dalbergia cubilquitzensis	5 7/8″ long
241	Guatemalan rosewood	Dalbergia cubilquitzensis	5 7/8″ long, glued-up (2 stacked facegrain pieces)
238	Burmese blackwood	Dalbergia cultrata	bland
202	East Indian rosewood	Dalbergia latifolia	glued up (2 piece, well matched), 5 3/4″ long
310	African Blackwood	Dalbergia melanoxylon	4″ x 4″ x 2″
185	Brazilian rosewood	Dalbergia nigra	glued up (2 stacked facegrain pieces)
051	Burmese rosewood	Dalbergia oliveri	bland
252	Cocobolo	Dalbergia retusa
052	Sissoo	Dalbergia sissoo	mostly sapwood
053	Sissoo	Dalbergia sissoo	knot
249	Sissoo	Dalbergia sissoo
054	Honduran rosewood	Dalbergia stevensonii	some sapwood
055	Honduran rosewood	Dalbergia stevensonii
282	Boire	Detarium senegalense	small patches of discoloration in heartwood
057	Angelique	Dicorynia guianensis
200	Angelim vermelho	Dinizia excelsa
059	Mun ebony	Diospyros mun
058	Malaysian blackwood	Diospyros sp.
161	Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	discoloration, 2 3/4″ wide
201	Tiama	Entandrophragma angolense
248	Sapele	Entandrophragma cylindricum	3/8″ thick
270	Cooktown ironwood	Erythrophleum chlorostachys	glued up (2-piece), 5 9/16″ long, 1/4″ thick
223	Jicarillo	Eschweilera sp.
063	Coast gray box	Eucalyptus bosistoana
066	Blue gum	Eucalyptus globulus
067	Messmate	Eucalyptus obliqua
068	Blackbutt	Eucalyptus pilularis	defects
306	Mountain ash burl	Eucalyptus regnans	solid burl; 4″ x 4″ x 1/2″
069	Swamp mahogany	Eucalyptus robusta	figured grain
070	Grey ironbark	Eucalyptus sp.	minor defects
071	Grey ironbark	Eucalyptus sp.	major defects
072	Grey ironbark	Eucalyptus sp.
301	Brown mallee burl	Eucalyptus sp.	solid burl; wane on all corners on one side
229	White ash	Fraxinus americana	minor defects
311	Rengas	Gluta sp.	4″ x 4″ x 2″
075	Southern silky oak	Grevillea robusta	quartersawn, defects
076	Lignum vitae	Guaiacum officinale	defects
226	African rosewood	Guibourtia coleosperma
227	African rosewood	Guibourtia coleosperma	glued up (two facegrain layers), slightly undersize
275	Tiete rosewood	Guibourtia hymenaeifolia
179	Bubinga	Guibourtia sp.
255	Kevazinga	Guibourtia tessmannii
077	Coffeetree	Gymnocladus dioicus	.35″ thick
078	Blue mahoe	Hibiscus elatus (syn. Talipariti)	~5/16″ thick
192	Milk Pear	Inhambanella henriquesii
181	Merbau	Intsia bijuga
172	Jacaranda	Jacaranda mimosifolia	bug hole/stain
080	Butternut	Juglans cinerea	defects one side
316	Claro walnut	Juglans hindsii	marbled/burl; 4″ x 3.75″ x 2.6″ thick
231	Black wanut	Juglans nigra	feather crotch grain, glued up (two facegrain pieces)
081	Bastogne walnut	Juglans x paradox	50/50 sapwood/heartwood
245	Bastogne walnut	Juglans x paradox
246	Bastogne walnut	Juglans x paradox	3/8″ thick
285	Ashe’s juniper	Juniperus ashei	7/16″ thick, 1.5″ to 2″ wide (bark edge)
256	Western juniper	Juniperus occidentalis	2 9/16″ wide, 7/16″ thick
305	Eastern red cedar	Juniperus virginiana	5 3/8″ long, 3/4″ thick
299	Dry zone mahogany	Khaya senegalensis
298	African mahogany	Khaya sp.
265	Tick bush	Kunzea ambigua	wane edge, tapers to 2 5/8″ wide
266	Tick bush	Kunzea ambigua	wane edges, ~2.5″ wide, 1/4″ thick
267	Tick bush	Kunzea ambigua	defects/knots
291	Sapucaia	Lecythis sp.	5.75″, 7/16″ thick; glued up (two piece)
292	Sapucaia	Lecythis sp.	5″ long
312	Brown ebony	Libidibia paraguariensis (=Caesalpinia)	4″ x 4″ x 2″
268	Bridalveil tree	Libidibia punctata (=Caesalpinia)	glued up (2-piece), 2 5/8″ wide, 4 7/8″ long
254	Rainbow poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	7/16″ thick
232	Myrtle beech	Lophozonia cunninghamii (=Nothofagus)	defects, one corner under width (~5/16″)
253	African walnut	Lovoa sp.
085	Hububali	Loxopterygium sagotii
186	Cucumbertree	Magnolia acuminata	5 7/8″ long
086	Southern magnolia	Magnolia grandiflora
087	Apple	Malus pumila	glued up (two piece)
187	Apple	Malus sylvestris	1/16″ under in width and thickness
088	Mango	Mangifera indica
089	Chico zapote	Manilkara zapota	just over 2.5″ wide, knot
261	N’zambia	Markhamia lutea	2 3/4″ wide
303	Wenge	Millettia laurentii	5 3/8″ long, 2.5″ wide, 3/4″ thick
304	Wenge	Millettia laurentii	5 3/8″ long, 3″ wide, 3/4″ thick
090	Thinwin	Millettia leucantha (= M. pendula)
091	Thinwin	Millettia leucantha (= M. pendula)	7/16″ thickness
092	White mulberry	Morus alba	defects
093	Black mulberry	Morus nigra	defects
193	Newtonia	Newtonia hildebrandtii	2 7/8″ wide
228	Balsa	Ochroma pyramidale
313	Imbuya	Ocotea porosa	4″ x 4″ x 2″
095	Olive	Olea europaea	glued up (three piece), ugly
096	Eastern hophornbeam	Ostrya virginiana	minor defects
097	Eastern hophornbeam	Ostrya virginiana
258	Nepal sandalwood	Osyris wightiana	glued up (two piece), 1/4″- thick
098	Nyatoh	Palaquium sp.	2.75″ undersized
177	Parinari	Parinari excelsa	.4″ thick
243	Brazilwood	Paubrasilia echinata (= Caesalpinia)	1/4″ thick
324	Paulownia (curly grain)	Paulownia sp.	5 7/8″ long
325	Paulownia (curly grain)	Paulownia sp.	5 7/8″ long; one corner dented
099	Paulownia	Paulownia tomentosa
244	Paulownia	Paulownia tomentosa	1/4″ thick
289	Bastard stopper	Petitia domingensis	5.4″ long, glued up (2-piece)
290	Bastard stopper	Petitia domingensis	5.4″ long, wane edge
281	Red tip photinia	Photinia x fraseri
174	Sitka spruce	Picea sitchensis	.4″ thick
176	Caribbean pine	Pinus caribaea	blue stained
100	Shortleaf pine	Pinus echinata	defects
103	Sugar pine	Pinus lambertiana	approximately 2.4″ wide
105	Radiata pine	Pinus radiata
106	Eastern white pine	Pinus strobus	approximately 2.4″ wide
178	Loblolly pine	Pinus taeda	3/8″ thick, defects
108	Podocarp	Podocarpus sp.	quartersawn
274	White poplar	Populus alba	50/50 sapwood/heartwood
109	Quaking aspen	Populus tremuloides	approximately 2.4″ wide
295	Honey mesquite	Prosopis sp.
314	Mesquite	Prosopis sp.	4″ x 4″ x 2″
288	Itin	Prospois kuntzei	3.6″ wide x 3.8″ long x .7″ thick
110	Plum	Prunus domestica
247	Plum	Prunus domestica	slightly undersized
111	Peach	Prunus persica	defects
112	Douglas fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	wavy grain
113	Douglas fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	mostly sapwood
114	Kosso	Pterocarpus erinaceus
293	Kosso	Pterocarpus erinaceus	glued-up (two piece)
115	Narra	Pterocarpus indicus
116	Narra	Pterocarpus indicus	2.75″ wide
276	Callery pear (‘Bradford’)	Pyrus calleryana	~7/16″ thick
118	Pear	Pyrus communis	very light colored (possibly all sapwood)
119	White oak	Quercus alba
120	Bur oak	Quercus macrocarpa
188	Chinkapin oak	Quercus muehlenbergii
121	Red oak	Quercus rubra	mildly curly
122	Black oak	Quercus velutina
123	Live oak	Quercus virginiana	defects
196	Common buckthorn	Rhamnus cathartica	minor defects
197	Common buckthorn	Rhamnus cathartica	bark corner, defects
124	Cascara buckthorn	Rhamnus purshiana	2 7/8″ wide, 3/8″ thick
125	Staghorn sumac	Rhus typhina	glued up (two piece)
171	Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	.4″ thick
272	Red quebracho	Schinopsis lorentzii	7/16″ thick
273	Red quebracho	Schinopsis lorentzii	3/8″ thick
159	Quebracho	Schinopsis sp.	ID from USDA Forest Products Laboratory
160	Quebracho	Schinopsis sp.	5 3/4″ long, ID from USDA Forest Products Laboratory
235	California pepper	Schinus molle	spalted
221	Red louro	Sextonia rubra (=Ocotea)
222	Red louro	Sextonia rubra (=Ocotea)	glued up (2 stacked facegrain layers)
296	Red louro	Sextonia rubra (=Ocotea)	2 5/8″ wide, 3/4″ thick
128	Sepetir	Sindora sp.	bug holes
169	Sepetir	Sindora sp.	glued up (two piece)
317	Niove	Staudtia kamerunensis
130	Beefwood	Stenocarpus salignus
220	Queenwood	Swartzia sp.
131	Honduran mahogany	Swietenia macrophylla
132	Hybrid mahogany	Swietenia macrophylla x mahogani	quartersawn
133	Hybrid mahogany	Swietenia macrophylla x mahogani	flatsawn
134	Cuban mahogany	Swietenia mahagoni	glued up (four piece: facegrain layers)
135	Cuban mahogany	Swietenia mahagoni	some sapwood
136	Merpauh	Swintonia sp.
269	Turpentine	Syncarpia glomulifera	glued up (2-piece), 3/8″ thick, splintered corner(s)
137	Lilac	Syringa vulgaris	2 3/4″ wide, knot
138	Tamarind (spalted)	Tamarindus indica	very nicely spalted / ink lines
182	English yew	Taxus baccata	slightly undersized
271	Japanese yew	Taxus cuspidata
139	Teak	Tectona grandis	2 3/4″ wide
212	Nargusta	Terminalia amazonia
318	Nargusta (burl)	Terminalia amazonia	approx. 4″ x 4″ x 1/2″
140	Indian laurel	Terminalia elliptica
286	Thuja burl	Tetraclinis articulata	3.75″ x 4.75″ x .5″ (solid burl)
180	Western red cedar	Thuja plicata
263	Northern white cedar	Thuya occidentalis
141	Littleleaf linden	Tilia cordata
142	Australian red cedar	Toona ciliata	knot
183	Eastern hemlock	Tsuga canadensis	slightly under in thickness
184	Eastern hemlock	Tsuga canadensis
143	Western hemlock	Tsuga heterophylla	approximately 2.4″ wide
144	Winged elm	Ulmus alata
145	American elm	Ulmus americana	some sapwood
146	American elm	Ulmus americana	quartersawn
147	Cedar elm	Ulmus crassifolia
215	Cedar elm	Ulmus crassifolia	7/16″ thick
148	Chinese elm	Ulmus parvifolia
170	English elm	Ulmus procera	glued up (two piece)
209	English elm	Ulmus procera	about 1/2 sapwood
150	Myrtle	Umbellularia californica	defects/streaks
315	Camelthorn	Vachellia erioloba	4″ x 4″ x 1.75″ thick
164	Camelthorn	Vachellia erioloba (=Acacia)
165	Camelthorn	Vachellia erioloba (=Acacia)	drying checks
166	Camelthorn	Vachellia erioloba (=Acacia)	1/4+” thick, drying checks
152	Brownheart	Vouacapoua americana
153	Tineo	Weinmannia trichosperma	lacking contrasting black streaks
321	Grass tree	Xanthorrhoea preissii	checks, wane on two corners (trapezoid)
300	Sand Ash	Xylia torreana

Current as of February 3, 2020

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A few brief notes about the sample list above.

Unless otherwise noted in the “Notes” column, all samples should be very close to 6″ x 3″ x 1/2″ and in reasonably good condition, as well as fully air-dried to at least 12% moisture content.
Wood species identification is carefully checked, but not absolutely guaranteed. I try to deal with only reputable wood retailers and collectors. However, with that being said, I have received a number of misidentified woods (thankfully a very small percentage) over the years—sometimes from even the best of sources. I’ve made every effort to screen out what I believe are misidentified or questionable wood samples, but be aware that mistakes do happen.

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