Hardwood trees usually have broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous needled or scaled tree foliage another name for a hardwood tree is appropriately broadleaf.
List of west african hardwood trees.
Most common hardwoods unlike the conifers or softwood firs spruce and pines hardwood trees have evolved into a broad array of common species.
The wood from hardwood trees tends to be harder because the trees grow at a slower rate giving the wood its greater density.
As a resource american hardwoods are abundant renewing and sustainable and an excellent choice for eco effective design and building.
It is a semi deciduous hardwood native to the tree savannas and mixed forests of south africa north to the tropical regions of central africa.
Africa also happens to be home to some of the hardest types of wood in the world.
The notion of indigenous is of necessity a blurred concept and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries.
To mark the occasion we re dedicating this top 10 to our favourite trees from across the.
This is a list of southern african trees shrubs suffrutices geoxyles and lianes and is intended to cover angola botswana lesotho malawi mozambique namibia south africa swaziland zambia and zimbabwe.
This diversity of habitat results in an extremely diverse population of tree species.
In addition to the basics where they grow general description and abundance.
African blackwood grenadillo dalbergia melanoxylon african blackwood family.
Congowood mozambique ebony senegal ebony cape damson ebony.
It s all about trees in our south african home base this week as the country celebrates arbor week.
The guide to american hardwood species.
You can easily identify a hardwood from a conifer.
This is one of the densest hardwood trees in the world.
Woodworkers will appreciate our extensive list of available woods below.
The african continent is an immense area densely wooded in many regions with wide variations in climate.
Most but not all hardwoods are deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
This african tree has an extensive range on.
African woods from the outdoor friendly afrormosia to the vibrant zebrawood african hardwoods display diversity in color figure as well as uses.
West indies mahogany swietenia mahagoni bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla pacific coast mahogany swietenia humilis other mahogany african mahogany khaya spp chinese mahogany toona sinensis australian red cedar indian mahogany toona ciliata philippine mahogany calantis kalantis toona calantas indonesian mahogany suren.
