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Veneer Scientific Names
by David Walker

Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name
baboen Virola surinamensis
bacu Cariniana spp
badam Terminalia procera
badi Nauclea diderrichii
bagac Dipterocarpus spp
bagtikan Parashorea malaanonan
Bahamas pitch pine Pinus caribaea §
bahia Mitragyna ciliata
Bahia rosewood Dalbergia nigra
Bahia wood Caesalpinia echinata
baitoa Phyllostylon brasiliensis
baku Tieghemella herkelii
balau Shorea spp. (heavy, yellow-brown)
balau, red Shorea spp. (heavy, red)
bald cypress Taxodium distichum §
balm cottonwood Populus trichocarpa
balm poplar Populus balsamifera
balsa Ochroma pyramidale
balsam Abies balsamea §
balsam cottonwood Populus trichocarpa
balsam cottonwood, western Populus trichocarpa
balsam fir Abies balsamea §
balsam fir, western Abies grandis§
balsam fir, poplar Populus balsamifera
Baltic redwood Pinus sylvestris§
Baltic whitewood Picea abies§
Baltic yellow deal Pinus svlvestris§
banak Virola koschnyi
banga wanga Amblygonocarpus andogensis
banglang Lagerstroemia speciosa
Banksian pine Pinus banksiana§
barwood Pterocarpus soyauxii
basralocus Dicorynia guianensis
basswood Tilia americana
bataan Shorea polysperma (medium weight, dark red)
bataan mahogany Name and description as box above
baywood Swietenia macrophylla
bean, black Castanospermum australe
bean, walnut Endiandra palmerstonii
beech, American Fagus grandifolia
Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name
beech, Antarctic Nothofagus moorei
beech Carpathian Fagus sylvatica
beech Danish Fagus sylvatica
beech English Fagus sylvatica
beech, European Fagus sylvatica
beech, French Fagus sylvatica
beech, Japanese Fagus crenata
beech, negro-head Nothofagus moorri
beech, myrtle Nothofagus cunninghamii
beech, silver Nothofagus menziesii
beech, Slavonian Fagus sylvatica
beech, Southland Nothofagus menziesii
beech, Tasmanian Nothofagus cunninghamii
beech, Turkish Fagus orientalis
belian Eusideroxylon zwageri
bendang Agathis dammara §
benge Guibourtia arnoldiana
Benin mahogany Khaya ivorensis
Benin mahogany Khaya grandifoliola
Benin walnut Lovoa trichilioides
Beniawood Khaya grandifoliola
berk Betula spp
berlinia Berlinia spp
bété Mansonia altissima
beuk Fagus spp
bibolo Lovoa trichilioides
bicuiba Virola bicuhyba
big leaf maple Acer macrophyllum
bilinga Nauclea diderrichii
billian Eusideroxylon zwageri
bilsted Liquidambar styraciflua
bindang Agathis dammara§
bintangor Calophyllum spp
binuang Octomeles sumatrana
birch, American Betula alleghaniensis
birch, American Betula papyrifera
birch, Canadian yellow

Betula alleghaniensis

birch, English Betula spp
birch, European Betula spp
birch, Finnish Betula spp
Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name
birch, hard Betula alleghaniensis
birch, Japanese Betula maximowicziana
birch, paper Betula papyrifera
birch, Quebec Betula alleghaniensis
birch, silver Betula spp
birch, Swedish Betula, spp
birch, western Betula papyrifera var. occidentalis
birch, western paper Betula papyrifera var. occidentalis
birch, western white Betula papyrifera var. occidentalis
birch, white Betula papyrifera
birch, white Betula spp
birch, yellow Betula alleghaniensis
Birke Betula spp
bisselon Khaya senegalensis
bitter pecan Carya aquatica
black afara Terminalia ivorensis
black alder Alnus glutinosa
black ash Fraxinus nigra
black bean Castanospermum australe
black cherry Prunus serotina
black cottonwood Populus trichocarpa
black guarea Guarea thompsonii
black gum Nyssa sylvatica
black Italian poplar Populus canadensis var. serotina
black locust Robinia pseudoacacia
black pine Podocarpus spicatus §
black poplar Populus balsamifera
black poplar Populus spp
Black Sea walnut Juglans regia
black sucupira Bowdichia spp
black tupelo Nyssa sylvatica
black walnut Juglans nigra
black wattle Acacia melanoxylon
black willow Salix nigra
blackbutt Eucalyptus pilularis
blackwood, African Dalbergia melanoxylon
blackwood, Australian Acacia melanoxylon
blackwood, Bombay Dalbergia latifolia
blue gum Eucalyptus saligna
blue gum, southern Eucalyptus globulus
Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name Standard Name (category B) Scientific Name
blue gum, Sydney Eucalyptus saligna
blue gum, Tasmanian Eucalyptus globulus
bois de rose Dalbergia frutescens var. tomentosa
bois satiné Brosimum paraense
bombax, West African Bombax buonopozense
Bombay blackwood Dalbergia latifolia
bombway, white Terminalia procera
bongossi Lophira alata
bonsamdua Distemonanthus benthamianus
Borneo ironwood Eusideroxylon zwageri
Borneo teak Intsia bijuga
Bosnian maple Acer platanoides
bossé Guarea spp
bouleau Betula spp
box Buxus sempervirens
box, brush Tristania conferta
box, Cape Buxus macowani
boxwood, Abassian Buxus sempervirens
boxwood, Cape Gonioma kamassi
boxwood, Colombian Gossypiospermum praecox
boxwood, East London Buxus macowani
boxwood, European Buxus sempervirens
boxwood, Iranian Buxus sempervirens
boxwood, kamassi Gonioma kamassi
boxwood, Knysna,

Gonioma kamassi

boxwood, -Maracaibo,

Gossypiospermum praecox

boxwood, Persian,

Buxus sempervirens

boxwood, San Domingo,

Phyllostylon brasiliensis

boxwood, Turkey, Buxrrs sempervirens
boxwood, Venezuelan, Gossypiospermum praecox
boxwood, -West Indian, Gossypiospermum praecox
brachystegia, Brachystegia spp.
Brazilian cedar, Cedrela frssilis, etc.
Brazilian mahogany, Carapa guianensis
Brazilian mahogany, Swietenia ?macrophylla
Brazilian -pine, Araucaria angustijolia§
Brazilian rosewood, Dalbergia nigra
Brazilian -tulip wood, Dalbergiajrutescens var. tomentosa
Brazilian walnut, Phoebe porosa
brazilwood, Caesalpinia echinata
British Columbia hemlock , Tsuga heterophylla§
British Columbia -pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii§
British Columbia -red cedar,

Thuja plieata§

British Columbia -soft pine, Pinus ponderosa §

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