Timber A-Z

American cherry heartwood varies from rich dark red to reddish brown. The colour darkens on exposure to light. It has a fine, straight and smooth texture. Sapwood is creamy white.

American black walnut heartwood ranges rich dark chocolate brown to purplish-black. Mostly straight grained, sometimes it has an attractive wavy or curly grain. The sapwood is pale brown and steamed Read More…

American White Ash heartwood is creamy white to light brown heartwood with white coloured sapwood, straight grained with uniform texture.

American white oak heartwood is pale yellow-brown with more variable in colour to light dark brown, sometimes with a pinkish tint. Mostly straight grained with medium to coarse texture, will Read More…

Heartwood is light reddish-brown. Texture is intermediate to coarse and the grain is generally interlocked.

Fijian kauri heartwood is pale cream to golden brown in colour, with lustre. Sapwood is straw to pale brown. Texture is fine and the grain mainly straight with flecks visible Read More…

Mahogany is a pinkish to pale brown with reddish brown streaks, becoming more uniform on exposure. Sapwood is light pink to yellow brown and grain wavy to inter locked.

Jarrah is a native to South Western Australia, it is a heartwood with a rich dark brownish red colour. It can have a straight or interlocked grain with an even Read More…

Kaudamu heartwood is pink to light brown in colour and sapwood is cream to pale brown, darkening on exposure.  The texture is intermediate and uniform and the grain is usually Read More…

Kwila heartwood is yellow-brown to dark red-brown in colour. The texture is moderately coarse and grain may be straight or slightly interlocked. Yellow and dark coloured deposits are common feature Read More…

Heartwood colour varies from pink to blood red and red brown. The texture is fine to medium and grain is often straight but showing the occasional mottle.

NZ Rimu is a native of New Zealand and is a even textured softwood which is a reddish brown colour sometimes even a yellowish brown with a variable look depending weather Read More…

Raidata is the most readily available timber in New Zealand. The heartwwod is light brown to yellow and sapwood white to pale yellow with wide distinguishable growth rings. Used for Read More…

Rosawa is a pale yellow brown colour, teak like timber from Fiji. The texture is fine with slightly interlocked grain. Rosawa is a very stable timber.

The colour ranges from light to dark red and the grain is usually interlocked , on occasions its straight. The texture is course. To facilitate drying the timber is always quarter Read More…

The colour of Salusalu ranges from pale brown to golden orange-brown and has a fine even texture.  Often regarded as a substitute for sap rimu.

Silver beech colour varies as heartwwod is pinkish brown and sapwood is light pinkish grey. The colour of silver beech varies with location and age.

Tasmanian oak has a varying colour from Straw to a Reddish Brown. The grain is straight with open texture

Taun heartwood varies in colour from pink-brown, darkening with age. The grain is straight, occasonally interlocked and uneven.

Tawa has a white to pale brown coloured heartwood. The texture fine with a straight grain.

Vitex is a creamy grey heartwood with a fine even txture. Freshly sawn boards have leathery odour and the timber is greasy to touch.

Western red cedar is a heartwood with variations in colour from pale brown to richer dark brown, giving it a reddish look. The sapwood is a paler yellowish white colour. It Read More…

Yaka timber is brown to red-brown with fine dark streaking and great colour variation. The texture is fine and the grain is usually straight but sometimes wavy. Yaka looks like Read More…