Brazilian Hardwood Varieties

The woods of some other species in the genus dalbergia are notable even famous woods in their own right.

Brazilian hardwood varieties.

African blackwood cocobolo kingwood and brazilian tulipwood. For one thing it s as hard or harder than nails it s been known to bend nails ipe is so dense that it often needs to be pre drilled before pieces are connected. Rare wood tropical hardwoods and figured hardwoods brazilian hardwoods direct from brazil. Ipe is a hardwood from brazilian rainforests that has received lots of attention in the past couple of decades.

Northern silky oak cardwellia sublimis american sycamore platanus occidentalis london plane. Brazilian wood depot stocks several popular species of brazilian hardwoods for decking siding and flooring. Brazilian ironwood pau ferro caesalpinia ferrea yellow lapacho tabebuia serratifolia jacarandá boca de sapo jacaranda brasiliana jacarandá de brasil dalbergia nigra jatobá hymenaea courbaril kingwood dalbergia cearensis lacewood. Some species become canopy trees up to 30 m high citation needed and large pieces can occasionally be found in the trade.

Not all species are listed or available. Brazilian decking is a very resiliant decking material. Only use this list as a guide for common botanical names etc. We offer responsibly harvested rare wood wood tropical hardwoods rare wood lumber slabs and figured hardwoods of the amazon region in all grades from clear high grade instrument quality to huge rustic live sawn wood slabs.

Ipe tigerwood cumaru garapa we also provide wholesale decking containers in every species including massaranduba tatajuba sucupira. Secondly other types of fasteners are known to cause staining and discoloration in hardwoods so they can cause major issues. View the beautiful rainbow of brazilian hardwood decking options and click on each variety for more information. Please refer to our pricelist for a more up to date list of what we currently have in stock.

Some compare its strength to that of steel. Brazilian hardwoods are regarded as exotic hardwoods though the distinction between native and exotic woods is a bit dated and nativistic a domestic hardwood is defined as a wood hailing from north america u s. Below learn more about all of the different varieties of brazilian hardwood decking lumber and if you need any further inspiration take a look at our brazilian hardwood deck design photos. These species are some of the hardest in the world and include ipe cumaru massaranduba jatoba purpleheart tigerwood and garapa.

We are direct importers of the world s best brazilian decking species. If you are installing hardwood decking that will last 40 years you want to make sure your fasteners will last that long.