tropical hardwoods
Rainforest timber trees
Tropical hardwoods are dense, durable woods harvested from broadleaf trees in equatorial regions—teak, mahogany, ebony, rosewood.
Prized for furniture, flooring, and boat-building, they resist rot and insects better than most temperate species.
Their slow growth and rainforest origins make harvesting environmentally controversial: The deck was built from tropical hardwoods.
- teakTropical shipbuilding timber
- rosewoodTropical cabinet timber
- mahoganyReddish-brown tropical lumber
- ebonyDense dark tropical wood
- CITES regulationsEndangered species trade laws
endangered species · sustainable forestry · lumber · illegal logging · density · timber · natural oils · Amazon rainforest · rainforest canopy · grain · furniture making · fine woodworking · guitar body · tonewood · musical instruments · boat building · wenge · deforestation
tropical hardwoodssynthetic materials
Human-manufactured, non-natural substances
engineered wood · MDF · particle board · laminate · vinyl flooring