Tag - wood species

The large supply of mango wood furniture makes you think of forests spread with mango trees. But the abundance of wood is due to the rapid growth of the trees and...

Until Radu Vădan showed me the wood in his storeroom, I thought willow was short for willow. But I discovered a species with a special wood...

I came across the sweetheart when looking for information about batwood. Because sometimes its color is similar to the more reddish lilac flowers, some...

"The most beautiful wood for knife handles that I've seen, and I've made a few knives, would be batwood. It has great fiber." It's...

I ended up looking for information about quince wood based on a question from a reader whose hobby is pipe making. He told me that for...

Balsa wood is the lightest wood in the world, or rather the lightest commercial wood. Botany lists 2-3 species even lighter than balsa, but...

Cedar is a resinous tree whose distinctive odor keeps insects, even moths and tooth decay, at bay. That's why it is used to make...

Douglas fir is said to rival sequoia in height and has the best strength-to-weight ratio of all the wood species used for...