Harmonized Wood™ offers a variety of hardwood lumber products. Below is a selection of our species offering. We can deliver both small units and full container loads - depending on the specie. If you would like samples, please contact us at +1 (504) 208-1562. Se habla espanol.
| African Mahogany - (Khaya spp.) - Request a Quote | |
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| Bolivian Rosewood - (Machaerium scleroxylon) - Request a Quote |
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| Characterized by its range of colors from various browns to violet with black streaking, this striking wood hardly needs introduction. Its used primarily for furniture and flooring. Its dense and much harder than Red Oak. Its easy to work. Requires pre-boring for fasterners. Gluing can be difficult. Click the thumbnail for a larger view. | |
| Cambara - (Erisma uncinatum) - Request a Quote |
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| A medium density wood most commonly used in North America for decking. In South America its widely used in the production of doors, windows, and furniture. It has a deep reddish brown color, coarse texture and irregular to straight grain. Its easy to machine and is superior in bending strength to Redwood and Cedar. It's considered a semi-durable species. Available FSC certified. | |
| Canarywood - (Centrolobium microchaete) - Request a Quote |
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| This medium density wood is typically used in furniture, doors, and millwork. It is uniquely yellow to orange in color with verigated streaks of red, purple and black. Grain is usually straight and texture ranges from fine to medium. Easy to machine, it can be planed to a very smooth finish but there may be some fuzzy areas. It takes stain or paint with ease, and both fastens and glues well. | |
| Cerejeira - (Amburana cearensis) - Request a Quote |
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| This attractive and dimensionally stable wood is commonly used in furniture, cabinetry and doors. It's texture is medium to coarse with interlocked and regular grain. It's easy to work with some difficulty in planing due to the interlocked grain. It has good strength properties relative to its weight, and its dimensional stability and durability make it popular for use in entry doors. It glues well and stains easily - beginning as a yellowish or tan color at the start it can easily be taken into the brown shades. Available FSC certified. | |
| Cumaru - (Dipteryx odorata) - Request a Quote |
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| Also known as Brazilian Teak, Cumaru is reddish brown in color, with an interlocked grain and medium texture. Naturally decay resistant, this dense, durable hardwood is considered a lower-cost alternative to Ipe (specific gravity at 12% moisture content = 0.97 vs. 0.98 for Ipe). Because of its durability and decay resistance, Cumaru is commonly used in outdoor applications like decking, garden furniture, and heavy industrial and marine construction. With a Janka hardness of 3,540, Cumaru also makes for a superior flooring species. Available FSC-certified. | |
| Curupay - (Anadenanthera colubrina) - Request a Quote |
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| Curupay also goes by the trade name Angico preto. A very attractive wood, Curupay is primarily used in flooring. Harder and more dense than Ipe (Janka hardness = 3,840 lb; specific gravity at 12% m.c. = 1.03). Similar in appearance to Goncalo Alves and Tigerwood with dark, sometimes black streaks. The heartwood color darkens to a reddish brown, fine-textured with an irregular grain. Having high natural resistance to decay (untreated wood in contact with soil can resist decay for 15-25 years) Curupay is also used for heavy structural outdoor applications. Available from managed forests. | |
| Garapa - (Apuleia leiocarpa) - Request a Quote |
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| Garapa, or Grapia, is another dense hardwood (specific gravity at 12% moisture content = 0.95). Primary applications include flooring, decking, and garden furniture. Honey-yellow with a slight ribbon aspect, it becomes light brown with age. The grain is irregular and interlocked, with a medium texture. Garapa is moderately durable to termites and fungus. Janka hardness is 1582 lb – slightly harder than Hard Maple. Available FSC certified. | |
| Hura - (Hura crepitans) - Request a Quote |
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| A good FSC-available substitute for Cumala / Banak / Virola. Light weight hardwood suitable for mouldings, doors, windows, cabinetry, and furniture components, Hura is cream in color with straight grain and medium texture. Soft like Poplar and American Basswood it machines easy (specific gravity = .33-.38) and is similar in strength to Soft Maple. Like the cedars, it's dimensionally stable and takes stain or paint with ease (shrinkage = t: 4.5%, r: 2.7%). It has good fastening properties and excellent gluing properties. Avaliable FSC-certified. | |
| Ipe - (Tabebuia spp) - Request a Quote |
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| Ipe, also referred to as Brazilian Walnut, is olive brown to blackish, often with lighter or darker striping. Naturally resistant to attack by decay fungi and termites, its primary use is decking and is also widely used in flooring, garden furniture, and heavy construction. Texture is fine to medium with straight to very irregular grain. It has a specific gravity of 0.98 (at 12% moisture content) and a Janka hardness of 3,680 lb. Ipe has the same fire-rating as concrete. Available FSC certified. | |
| Jatoba - (Hymenaea courbaril) - Request a Quote |
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| Jatoba, or Brazilian Cherry, is used primarily for flooring, but also cabinet work and furniture. Janka hardness is 2350 lb. Salmon red in appearance becoming reddish brown when seasoned and often marked with dark streaks. Texture is medium to rather coarse; grain mostly interlocked; with a golden luster. Rated very resistant to brown-rot and white-rot fungi; actual field exposure trials also rate the wood as very durable. Jatoba is also rated very resistant to dry-wood termites. Available FSC certified. | |
| Jequitiba - (Cariniana estrellensis) - Request a Quote |
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| Used to make furniture, doors, mouldings and veneer. A medium weight hardwood with physical properties similar to Ash, Beech and Birch. Grey-pinkish tones and straight grained, medium texture its very similar to Ash and Birch in appearance. Its weather resistant when not in contact with soil and resistant to dry-wood termites. Good drilling, planing and turning and takes a finish well. FSC-certified. | |
| Murure - (Clarisia racemosa) - Request a Quote |
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| Murure, or Oiticica, is used for flooring and furniture components. A bright yellow wood that becomes brown or russet upon exposure. Texture medium to coarse; grain variable, often with attractive figure. Specific gravity = 0.70 (12% m.c.) and Janka hardness = 1969 lb. Good stability, easy to work and is rated fair to good in all machining operations. Available FSC certified. | |
| Peroba Rosa - (Aspidosperma polyneuron) - Request a Quote |
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| A moderately heavy wood, Peroba is favored for making furniture, flooring and cabinetry. Light golden-brown in color with a slight streaked reddish hue. The texture is fine to medium and uniform, with a medium luster and straight to interlocking grain. The wood works with moderate ease, although some difficulties may be anticipated with irregular grain. It takes finishes readily and can be glued satisfactorily. It is stronger than teak and rated durable. | |
| Santa Maria - (Calophyllum brasiliense) - Request a Quote |
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| Used primarily for furniture and furniture components, Santa Maria ranges in color from a pink to a rich reddish brown typical of Mahogany. Resembling Sapele, its characterized by a marked ribbon stripe that's especially pronounced on quartered surfaces. It has a medium and fairly uniform texture, with a generally interlocked grain. Santa Maria is fairly easy to work, takes a finish with ease and glues well. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view. | |
| Sauco - (Zanthoxylon sp.) - Request a Quote |
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| Sauco, also called Satinwood, has straight grain, fine texture and high luster. Olive green in appearance, Sauco takes stain well and has been adopted by furniture manufacturers as an affordable Mahogany substitute. The specific gravity of Sauco at 12% m.c. = 0.53 compared to 0.48 for Mahogany. Janka hardness of Sauco is 796 lb compared to 800 lb for Mahogany. Common uses of Sauco include doors, windows and furniture. Available FSC certified. | |
| Sirari - (Ormosia coarctata) - Request a Quote |
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| Used for furniture, cabinetry, millwork and flooring this wood is similar to Black Cherry in appearance and application, but is much heavier, harder and more stable. Pink to reddish in color with irregular grain and medium texture. Good for boring and planing. Fair to good for nailing. Very good for staining. Difficult for carving. Durable and resistant to attack of fungi and insects. | |
| Spanish Cedar - (Cedrela odorata) - Request a Quote |
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| Tornillo - (Cedrelinga catenaeformis) - Request a Quote |
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| Sharing many similarities with Genuine Mahogany, Tornillo is also known as White Mahogany and is used primarily in entry doors and furniture. It’s light pinkish-brown in color with straight grain and coarse texture. Having a specific gravity of .44, this light weight hardwood machines easily, takes a finish easily, and is good for drilling, carving, planning and turning. Tornillo is moderately durable against fungus and termite attack and is stable under weathering. FSC-certified. | |
| Urunday - (Astronium urundeuva) - Request a Quote |
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| Known as Urundeuva in Brasil, uses of this wood range from flooring and decking to structural applications such as mine timbers and railroad ties. A rich red-brown in color, Cuchi has a fine texture, medium luster and interlocked grain. A very dense wood, it has a specific gravity of 1.22 (12% MC). Harder and stronger than Ipe, Cuchi has a lateral hardness of 3175 lbf, and modulus of rupture of 19,273 psi. Cuchi has regular to good working properties. | |