Exotic Species
European Beech
Straight grained, with a fine to medium uniform texture. Its color is typically a pale cream color, sometimes with a pink or brown hue.
Spanish Cedar
Straight grained, with a fine to medium uniform texture. Its color is typically a pale cream color, sometimes with a pink or brown hue.
Caribbean Heart Pine
Straight grained with a medium to coarse texture and a greasy feel. The colors vary with the heartwood being reddish brown while the sapwood is yellowish white and is distinct from the heartwood.
Jatoba
Also called Brazilian Cherry. Grain is typically interlocked, with a medium to coarse texture. Color can vary with the Heartwood being a light orangish brown to a darker reddish brown, sometimes with contrasting darker grayish brown streaks.
Genuine Mahogany
Its grain can be straight, interlocked, irregular or wavy. Heartwood color can vary a fair amount with Honduran Mahogany, from a pale pinkish brown, to a darker reddish brown.
African Mahogany
Grain can be straight to interlocked, with a medium to coarse texture. Heartwood color is variable, ranging from a very pale pink to a deeper reddish brown, sometimes with streaks of medium to dark reddish brown.
Radiata Pine
Typically has a straight grain with a medium, even texture. The heartwood is light brown, wide sapwood is a paler yellowish white, and is distinct from the heartwood.