aKey to threat classification

CR Critically Endangered: a very high risk of extinction in the wild

EN Endangered: a high risk of extinction in the wild
VU Vulnerable: at risk of extinction in the wild
LR (NT) Lower risk (near threatened): close to qualifying as Vulnerable

Level
of Global threat
Available
Common use status
Scientific name Origin Uses as
name in (see key
reclaimed?
the above)
UK
Mino
Abura Mitragyna ciliata West Africa Interior joinery -
r
Terminalia Plywood, interior Mino
Afara Africa -
superba use r
Afrormosi Furniture, Mino EN; CITES Appx
Pericopsis elata West Africa
a joinery r II
A. africanaVU
A.
Top quality Mino
Afzelia Afzelia spp. West Africa bipindensisVU
exterior joinery r
A.
pachylobaVU
Gossweilerodendr Plywood, Mino
Agba West Africa EN
on balsamiferum furniture r
Occasionall
Minor utility Mino
Alder Alnus glutinosa UK, Europe - y, as
products r
beams
Various,
Mino
Alstonia Alstonia spp. Africa depending on -
r
density
South Mino
Andiroba Carapa guianensis Turnery -
America r
Furniture, light M. durandiiVU
Monopetalanthus construction, Mino M.
Andoung Africa
spp. plywood, boxes r compactusVU
and crates M heitziiLR/NT
Veneer, Mino
Antiaris Antiaris spp. Africa -
plywood, r
 furniture,
joinery, boxes
and crates, light
construction
Minor craft Mino
Apple Malus sylvestris UK, Europe -
items r
Musical
instruments,
heavy
Mino
Asanfona Aningeria spp. Africa construction, -
r
marine,
furniture,
flooring
Light coloured
UK, Europe, Occasionall
furniture, Majo
Ash UK, Fraxinus spp North - y, as
panelling, tool r
America flooring
handles
Outdoor
construction,
marine
Distemonanthus Mino
Ayan Africa construction, -
benthamianus r
furniture,
decorative
veneers
Level
of Global threat
Available
Common use status
Scientific name Origin Uses as
name in (see key
reclaimed?
the above)
UK
Many Shorea
Balau / spp. in
Heavy duty
Selangan South-east Majo international
Shorea spp. construction
batu Asia r trade
work
/bangkirai areCR, EN orV
U
Model making, Mino
Balsa Ochroma lagopus Ecuador -
insulation r
Dicornia South Marine and dock Mino
Basralocus -
guianensis America work r
 Regularly,
UK, Europe, Furniture, as wood
Majo
Beech Fagus spp. North flooring, musical - strip and
r
America instruments woodblock
flooring
Heavy
construction,
Berlinia, furniture and Mino B.
Berlinia spp. Africa
red cabinetwork, r occidentalisVU
veneers,
panelling
General purpose
South-east Mino Some species
Bintangor Calophyllum spp. timber, musical
Asia r are threatened
instruments
Plywood, light
construction,
Octomeles South-east Mino
Binuang furniture -
sumatrana Asia r
components,
cabinetwork
UK, Europe,
General purpose Mino
Birch Betula spp. North -
timber, plywood r
America
Furniture,
Castanospermum Mino
Black bean Australia cabinetwork, -
australe r
joinery
Poles,
Black Robinia Europe, agricultural Mino
-
locust pseudoacacia America implements, r
furniture
General purpose
timber,
Eucalyptus Mino
Blackbutt Australia construction -
pilularis r
(including
marine), flooring
Musical
Blackwood Dalbergia Mino
Africa instruments, LR/NT
, African melanoxylon r
craft products
General purpose Occasionall
Mino
Blue gum Eucalyptus saligna Australia timber, also used - y, as wood
r
for paper strip
 flooring
Turnery,
Boxwood, Buxus craftwork, sports Mino
Europe -
European sempervirens goods, musical r
instruments
Regularly,
Bubinga Copaifera Veneer, Mino as
West Africa VU
Minor salikounda furniture r woodblock
flooring
Level
of Global threat
Available
Common use status
Scientific name Origin Uses as
name in (see key
reclaimed?
the above)
UK
Light
South construction, Mino Several species
Caimito Pouteria spp.
America furniture, r are threatened
cabinet work
Light
construction,
Canarium Mino
Canarium Africa furniture, -
schweinfurthii r
veneer,
plywood.
C. odorataVU,
Cabinet making, CITES Appdx III
South and
Cedar, boatbuilding, Mino (Peruvian
Cedrela spp. Central
American light r population)
America
construction C. fissilisEN
C. lilloi EN
J.
virginiana:
Cedar, Juniperus
North Mino J.
pencil virginiana/J. Specialist uses
America J. r proceraLR/NT
(softwood) procera
procera:
East Africa
Cedar,
Exterior use,
western North Mino Regularly,
Thuja plicata cladding some -
red America, r as beams
UK plantations
(softwood)
 Furniture,
Mino
Celtis Celtis spp. Africa cabinets, -
r
carving, veneer.
Specialised
UK,
crafted furniture
Cherry, Europe, Mino
Prunus spp. and decorative -
European North r
work, musical
America
instruments
Minor goods,
Chestnut, Aesculus Mino Regularly,
Europe turnery and -
horse UK, hippocastanum r as beams
utensils
Chestnut, Furniture, Mino Regularly,
Castanea sativa UK, Europe -
sweet joinery, fencing r as beams
Outdoor and
Chontaqui Diplotropis South Mino
marine -
ro martiussi America r
construction
Furniture,
Nothofagus South joinery, Mino
Coigue -
dombeyi America mouldings, r
turnery
Exterior
Mino
Cordia Cordia millenii Africa cladding, -
r
furniture, joinery
Plywood,
Cottonwo blockboard, Mino
Bombax spp. Africa -
od boxes and r
crates, furniture
Heavy
Curupay / Anadenanthera South Mino
construction, -
Curapixa macrocarpa America r
flooring, turnery

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Level
of Global threat
Available
Common use status
Scientific name Origin Uses as
name in (see key
reclaimed?
the above)
UK
Dafo Terminalia brassii South-east Veneer, Mino -
 Asia furniture, r
cabinet work,
joinery,
Heavy
Piptadeniastrum construction, Mino
Dahoma Africa -
africanum wharf decking, r
flooring
Furniture,
Nesogordonia Mino
Danta Africa turnery, flooring, VU
papaverifera r
tool handles
Cyclicodiscus External Mino
Denya Africa -
gabunensis construction r
Furniture,
South-east veneer, Mino Several species
Durian Durio spp.
Asia plywood, light r areVU
construction
Level
of Global threat
Available
Common use status
Scientific name Origin Uses as
name in (see key
reclaimed?
the above)
UK
Regularly,
Cutlery handles, Several species
as antique
musical Mino in international
Ebony Diospyros spp. Africa, Asia escutcheon
instruments, r trade
s, door
craftwork. areEN or VU
knobs
Occasionall
Ekki /
Sea defences, Mino y, as
Azobe / Lophira alata Africa VU
sleepers r woodblock
Kaku West
flooring
Regularly,
UK, Europe, Furniture,
Mino as
Elm Ulmus spp. North joinery, flooring, -
r floorboard
America external cladding
s
Level
Global threat
of Available
Common status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key
in reclaimed?
above)
the
 UK
UK, Europe
Regularly,
Fir, Pseudotsuga (plantation Plywood,
Majo as
Douglas taxifolia / P. s) structural work, -
r floorboard
(softwood) menziesii North sea defences
s
America
UK
Fir, silver Building, joinery, Mino Northern
Abies alba (plantation -
(softwood) packaging r Europe
s),
South Joinery, veneer, Mino
Freijo Cordia goeldiana -
America construction r
Africa,
Veneer, weak Mino
Fromager Ceiba pentandra South -
packaging r
America
Level
of Global threat
Available
Common use status
Scientific name Origin Uses as
name in (see key
reclaimed?
the above)
UK
Native to
South Asia, Light
timber is construction, Mino
Gmelina Gmelina arborea -
from packaging,furnit r
tropical ure
plantations
Plywood,
D.
blockboard,
Mino idaeLR/NT D.
Gombe Didelotia spp. Africa veneers,
r unifoliolataLR/
particleboard,
NT
furniture, joinery
Chlorocardium
Greenhear Mino Regularly,
rodiei / Ocotea Guyana Sea defences VU
t r as beams
rodiaei
Guarea cedrata / G. cedrataVU
Central and Furniture and Mino
Guarea Guarea G.
West Africa exterior work r
thompsonii thompsoniiVU

Common Level Global threat status Available

Scientific name Origin Uses
name of (see key above) as
 use reclaimed?
in the
UK
UK, Europe
Hemlock, (plantations
Tsuga Mino
western ) Construction -
heterophylla r
(softwood) North
America
Sports
North goods, tool Mino
Hickory Carya spp. -
America handles, r
drum sticks
Craft work, Mino
Holly Ilex aquifolium UK, Europe -
inlays r
Minor items,
Mino
Hornbeam Carpinus betulus UK, Europe musical -
r
instruments
Interior
construction
Mino
Hyedua Guibourtia ehie West Africa , furniture, VU
r
veneer,
turnery
Level
of Available
Common Global threat status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key above)
in the reclaimed?
UK
Idigbo / Joinery and
Terminalia Mino
Emeri / West Africa outdoor VU
ivorensis r
Framire work
General
utility
timber,
Pycnanthus furniture Mino
Ilomba Africa -
angolensis components, r
interior
joinery,
plywood
Phoebe / Ocotea South Interior Mino
Imbuja VU
porosa America construction r
 , furniture
Furniture,
interior
Ipe
joinery,
Peroba/ Paratecoma South Mino
decking, -
Ipe peroba America r
flooring, vats
de Campos
and tanks,
veneers
Garden Regularly,
Iroko / furniture, as wood
Majo
Odum / Milicia excelsa Africa boatbuilding LR/NT strip and
r
Mvule , flooring woodblock
and joinery flooring
Testulea Mino
Izombe Africa Turnery EN
gabonensis r

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Level
of Available
Common Global threat status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key above)
in the reclaimed?
UK
General
purpose
South
Jacareuba Calophyllum spp. timber, -
America
musical
instruments
Regularly
Outdoor as wood
construction strip and
Eucalyptus Mino
Jarrah Australia , flooring, - woodblock
marginata r
decking, flooring,
sleepers occasionall
y as beams
Interior
South-east work, crafts, Mino
Jelutong Dyera costulata -
Asia pattern r
making
Jequitiba Cariniana spp. South Construction Mino -
 America , furniture r
Level
of Available
Common Global threat status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key above)
in the reclaimed?
UK
South-east
Exterior
Dryobalanops Asia Mino D.aromaticaCR Som
Kapur joinery and
spp. (Indonesia, r e other species EN
construction
Malaysia)
Regularly
as wood
Heavy duty
strip and
Eucalyptus outdoor Mino
Karri Australia - woodblock
diversicolor construction r
flooring,
, sleepers
occasionall
y as beams
Furniture
Endospermum South-east Mino
Kauvula parts, minor -
medullosum Asia r
items
Kempas Koompassia South-east Heavy Mino
-
uses malaccensis Asia construction r
Strength
applications
in hidden
Keruing / work in Many species in
Dipterocarpus Indonesia, Majo Regularly,
Yang / furniture, international trade
spp. Malaysia r as flooring
Curjun building, and areCR, EN
transport
decking,
plywood
Khaya - see
Mahogany,

African
Underwater
Anopyxis Mino
Kokoti Africa construction VU
klaineana r
and piling
Kosipo / Entandrophragm Furniture, Mino
Africa VU
Omu a candollei flooring r
 Veneer,
interior Mino P. macrocarpaVU
Koto Pterygota spp Africa
joinery, r P. bequaertiiVU
furniture
Kussia - see
Opepe
Level
of Available
Common Global threat status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key above)
in the reclaimed?
UK
UK
(softwood) General
Majo
Larch Larix decidua (plantations purpose -
r
) Europe, timber
Russia
Heavy
construction
Albizia Mino
Latandza Africa , furniture, VU
ferruginea r
marine
work, veneer
Interior
joinery, Mino
Lati Amphimas spp. Africa -
veneer, r
mouldings
Chilean Laurelia South Mino
Laurel, Veneer -
aromatica America r
Special officinaleEN
Lignum Central and bearings, Mino America G.
Guaiacum spp.
vitae South tools, sports r G. sanctum:EN Both
goods CITES Appdx II
Construction
(including
Gilbertiodendro marine), Mino Several species
Limbali Africa
n spp. industrial r areVU
flooring,
panelling
Brush backs, Regularly,
Mino
Lime Tilia spp. Europe turnery, - as antique
r
minor goods carving
 General
Chrysophyllum Mino
Longui Africa purpose -
africana r
timber
Louro Marine
(see also South structures, Mino
Ocotea spp. Several species VU
Greenheart America heavy duty r
) work
Level
of Available
Common Global threat status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key above)
in the reclaimed?
UK
Utility and
decorative
work,
Regularly,
indoors and
Majo as
Mahogany, Khaya ivorensis West Africa outdoors, African VU
r woodblock
from
flooring
boatbuilding
to furniture
and joinery.
Regularly,
Joinery, high as
Central and VU, CITES Appdx III
Mahogany, Swietenia quality Majo woodblock
South (populations in
Brazilian macrophylla furniture, r flooring,
America several countries)
plywood occasionall
y as beams
Flooring,
Mino
Makarati Burkea africana Africa furniture, -
r
joinery
Joinery and
wood work
Tieghemella subjected to Mino
Makore West Africa EN
heckelii tough r
environment
s
High class
Mansonia Mino
Mansonia Africa joinery and EN
altissima r
furniture
Maple Acer spp. North Flooring, Mino - Regularly,
 America musical r as wood
instruments strip or
woodblock
flooring
Construction
, furniture,
Mashonate Clarisia South Mino
mouldings, -
/ Guariuba racemosa America r
flooring,
turnery
Joinery,
carving,
South-east furniture, Mino
Medang Litsea spp. L.leytensisVU
Asia light r
construction
, veneer
Mengkulan South-east Interior Mino
Heriteria spp. -
g Asia joinery r
Meranti /
Regularly
Seraya All types of
as
(parts of joinery,
Many Shorea woodblock
Malaysia) framing,
South-east Majo species in and wood
and Lauan Shorea spp. doors and
Asia r international trade strip
(Philippines fittings. Also
areCR, EN or flooring,
) Red, used in
occasionall
Yellow and plywood a
y as beams
White
Asia, Africa,
Australia,
Occasionall
Merbau VU (main Top quality
Mino y as wood
Intsia bijuga source exterior VU
r strip
Pacific of timber is joinery
flooring
Indonesia,
Malaysia)
Light
construction
, furniture,
South-east Mino many
Mersawa Anisoptera spp. plywood,
Asia r species CR,EN
veneer,
marine
construction
 Industrial
flooring,
South Mino
Mora Mora spp. marine and -
America r
heavy
construction
Occasionall
Cynometra Construction Mino y as
Muhimbi Africa -
alexandri , turnery r woodblock
flooring
Regularly
High quality
as wood
Brachylaena flooring Mino
Muhuhu East Africa - strip and
hutchinsii subject to r
woodblock
heavy wear
flooring
Regularly
as wood
Pterocarpus Panelling Mino
Muninga Africa LR/NT strip and
angolensis and joinery r
woodblock
flooring
Turnery,
Guibourtia flooring, Mino
Mutenye Africa -
arnoldiana furniture, r
veneer

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Level
of Available
Common Global threat status
Scientific name Origin Uses use as
name (see key above)
in the reclaimed?
UK
Mino
Niangon Heritiera utilis West Africa Furniture VU
r
Cabinetwork
, joinery,
decorative Mino
Niove Staudtia stipitata Africa -
veneers, r
flooring,
turnery
South-east Exterior Mino Several species
Nyatoh Palaquium spp.
Asia construction r areVU
 , fine
furniture,
veneer,
musical
instruments
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Wide variety
of
applications,
including
joinery, Regularly as
UK, Europe,
furniture, reclaimed
Oak Quercus spp. North Major -
fittings, beams,
America
flooring floorboards,
wood strip
and
woodblock
flooring
General
Oak, Eucalyptus purpose
Australia Minor -
Tasmanian delegatensis timber,
flooring
Interior and
exterior
Odoko Scottellia coriacea Africa Minor -
construction,
furniture
Plywood,
D.
joinery,
Ogea Daniellia spp. Africa Minor klaineiLR/NT
furniture,
D. oblongaVU
veneer
Aucoumea
Okoume Gabon Plywood Minor VU
klaineana
Flooring,
veneer, B.
Okwen Brachystegia spp. Africa general Minor kennedyiVU
construction, B. zenkeriVU
joinery.
 Interior
construction,
Olon Fagara heitzii Africa Minor -
furniture,
veneers.
Outdoor
construction, Occasionally
Opepe/ Nauclea marine as beams,
West Africa Minor VU
Kussia diderrichii defence, woodblock
sleepers, flooring
flooring.
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Regularly as
India, Joinery, wood strip
Padauk Pterocarpus spp. Myanmar, flooring, Minor P. indicusVU and
West Africa boat-building woodblock
flooring
Cabinet
Regularly as
work,
woodblock
Millettia joinery,
Panga Panga Africa Minor - flooring
stuhlmanii veneer,
musical
flooring,
instruments
turnery,
Furniture
making,
Balfourodendron
Pau Marfim Brazil flooring, Minor EN
riedelianum
construction,
turnery
Turnery,
carving,
Pear Pyrus communis Europe drawing Minor -
instruments,
veneer
Fine
furniture,
Aspidosperma South A.
Peroba Rosa veneer, Minor
spp. America polyneuronEN
cabinet work,
flooring,
 interior trim
and turning
Decorative
ware,
Diospyros North
Persimmon musical Minor -
virginiana America
instruments,
turnery
Pine UK, Europe Regularly as
(softwood) (commonly beams,
various and in General floorboards,
Pinus spp. Major -
types, also plantations), utility work wood strip
known North woodblock
as Redwood America flooring
Pine, Parana Araucaria Brazil (some Joinery,
Minor VU
(softwood) angustifolia plantations) plywood
Southern
Pitch Pine Construction,
Pinus spp. USA, Brazil Minor -
(softwood) plywood
(plantations)
Veneer,
Plane, general
Platanus hybrida Europe Minor -
European purpose
handles
Matches,
turnery,
Poplar Populus spp. UK, Europe Minor -
minor craft
goods
Heavy
Central and construction
Occasionally,
Purpleheart Peltogyne spp. South work, Minor -
as beams
America decorative
purposes

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Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
South Carpentry,
Quaruba Vochysia spp. Minor -
America utility
 plywood,
furniture
components,
interior trim,
millwork
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Gonystylus Malaysia,
Ramin Mouldings Major VU
bancanus Indonesia
Furniture,
Nothofagus South joinery,
Rauli Minor -
procera America mouldings,
turnery
Various
Dalbergia
species in
Africa, South Furniture,
international
Rosewood Dalbergia spp. America, musical Minor
trade are
India instruments
threatened;
D. nigra CITES
Appdx I
Malaysia
Rubberwood Hevea brasiliensis Furniture Major -
(plantations)
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Furniture,
Entandophragma joinery,
Sapele West Africa Major VU
cylindricum decorative
applications
Furniture,
veneer, light
construction, S.
South-east
Sepetir Sindora spp. household Minor inermisVU S.
Asia
utensils, supaVU
plywood,
flooring
 Sequioa North
Sequioa, red Joinery Minor -
sempervirens America
Plywood,
interior
South-east Several
Simpoh Dillenia spp. joinery, Minor
Asia species VU
furniture and
cabinetwork
Regularly, as
UK, Europe
Spruce beams,
(commonly
(softwood), General floorboards,
in
also known Picea spp. purpose Major - wood strip
plantations),
as timber and
North
Whitewood woodblock
America
flooring
Light
construction
Sterculia, Sterculia work, interior
Africa Minor -
red rhinopetala joinery,
boxes and
crates
Furniture,
cabinetwork,
Swamp Pseudosindora South-east joinery,
Minor -
sepetir palustris Asia flooring,
plywood,
veneers
Acer Turnery,
Sycamore Europe Major -
pseudoplatanus veneers
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Flooring,
Erythrophleum
Tali Africa heavy Minor -
spp.
construction
Furniture,
flooring,
Bagassa South
Tatajuba joinery, Minor -
guianensis America
heavy
construction
 General
South-east
Taun Pometia pinnata purpose Minor -
Asia
timber
General
purpose
Oxystigma
Tchitola Africa timber, Minor -
oxyphyllum
veneer,
plywood
Regularly as
High quality wood strip
South-east
furniture, and
Asia (also in
Teak Tectona grandis joinery, Major - woodblock
plantations
garden flooring,
elsewhere)
furniture occasionally
as beams
Regularly as
Exterior wood strip
Teak, Southern
Baikiaea plurijuga construction, Minor LR/NT and
Rhodesian Africa
flooring woodblock
flooring
Campnosperma South-east Light general
Terentang Minor -
brevipetiolata Asia purposes
Furniture,
Tiama /
Entandrophragma joinery,
Edinam / Africa Minor VU
angolense construction,
Cedu nohor
flooring
General
Cedrelingua South
Tornillo furniture Minor -
cataeneformis America
construction,
Tulipwood /
Liriodendron North Mouldings,
American Minor -
tulipifera America drumsticks
poplar

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Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Entandophragma West Africa Furniture, Regularly as
Utile / sipo Major VU
utile (Ghana, fitments, wood strip
 Cote joinery, and
d'Ivoire) construction woodblock
flooring
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Plywood,
South mouldings, V.
Virola Virola spp. Minor
America interior surinamensisEN
joinery
Boxes and
South-east crates, utility
Vitex Minor Vitex confassus Minor -
Asia furniture,
joinery
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Heavy
construction,
South
Wallaba Eperua falcata poles, Minor -
America
industrial
flooring
Walnut, West and
Lovoa Furniture and
African Central Minor VU
trichilioides panelling
/dibetou Africa
Regularly as
antique
Europe, Furniture,
panelling
Walnut Juglans spp. North joinery, gun Minor
and
America butts
veneered
doors
Furniture,
interior
Endiandra Queensland
Walnut, joinery and Minor -
palmerstonii Australia
construction,
veneers
Wawa / Triplochiton Kitchen
Africa Major -
Samba / scleroxylon furniture,
Obeche / mouldings,
Ayous hidden work,
plywood
Furniture,
Regularly as
Central decorative
Wenge Millettia laurentii Minor EN woodblock
Africa veneers,
flooring
speciality uses
Cricket bats,
basket work,
Willow Salix spp. UK, Europe Minor -
toys and
other items
Level
Common of use Global threat Available as
Scientific name Origin Uses
name in the status reclaimed?
UK
Yew Decorative
Taxus baccata UK, Europe Minor -
(softwood) veneer