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Veneer Scientific Names
by David Walker

Standard Name (category K) Scientific Name Standard Name (category K) Scientific Name
kembang Heritiera spp.
kempas Koompassia malaccensis
keroeing Dipterocarpus spp
keys Prunus avium
kerning Dipterocarpus spp
kerning, Indonesian Dipterocarpus spp
kerning, Malaysian Dipterocarpus spp
kerning, Sabah Dipterocarpus spp
kerning, Sarawak Dipterocarpus spp
keruwing Dipterocarpus spp
kévazingo Guibourtia demeusei
khaya Khaya ivorensis
kiaat Pterocarpus angolensis
Kiefer Pinus spp
kingwood Dalbergia cearensis
kingwood Astronium jraxinifolium
Kirsche Prunus avium
kirundu Antiaris toxicaria
kitola Oxystigma oxyphyllum
Knysna boxwood Gonioma kamassi
kokko Albizia lebbek
kokrodua Pericopsis elata
Korean pine Pinus sibirica
kosipo Entandrophragma candollei
kotibb Nesogordonia papaverijera
koto Pterygota bequaertil
krabak Anisoptera spp.
krala Khaya anthotheca
krappa Carapa guianensis
Kribi ebony Diospyros spp.
kruen Dipterocarpus spp.
kumbuk Terminalia arjuna
kuraru Andira inermis
kusia Nauclea diderrichii
kwarie Vochysia spp.
kwao Adina cordijolia
kwila Intsia bijuga
kwow Adina cordifolia
kyenkyen Antiaris toxicaria

Category L (below left)

Standard Name (category L) Scientific Name Standard Name (category L) Scientific Name
laburnum Laburnum anagyroides
lacewood Platanus hybrids
Lagos mahogany Khaya ivorensis
Lagoswood Khaya ivorensis
lamao Pentacme contorts
lanan Shores spp. (light weight, pale red)
lancewood Oxandra lanceolata
lancewood, degame Calycophyllum candidlssimum
landosan Aningeria spp.
larch, Dunkeld Larix eurolepis
larch, eastern Larix laricina
larch, Eastern Canadian Larix laricina
larch, European Larix decidua
larch, hybrid Larix eurolepis
larch, Japanese Larix kaempferi
larch, Siberian Larix russica
larch, tamarack Larix laricina
larch, western Larix occidentalis
Larche Larix spp.
large tooth aspen Populus grandidentata
lariks Larix spp.
lauan, dark red Shorea spp. (med weight, dark red)
lauan, light red Shorea almon (light weight,pale red)
lauan, Mindanao white Pentacme mindanensis
lauan, red Shorea negrosensis (med w, dark red)
lauan, white Parashorea malaanonan
lauan, white Pentacme contorta
lauan, white Shorea almon (light weight, pale red)
lauan, white Pentacme contorta
laurel, Chilean Laurelia sempervirens
laurel, Ecuador Cordia alliodora
laurel, Indian Terminalia alata
laurel de costa Cordia alliodora
Lawson's cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Lebanon, cedar of Cedrus libani
lemon scented gum Eucalyptus citriodora
lemonwood Calycophyllum candidissimum
letterwood Piratinera guianensis
libengi Guibourtia arnoldiana
light red lauan Shorea almon (light weight, pale red)
Standard Name (category L) Scientific Name Standard Name (category L) Scientific Name
light red meranti Shorea spp. (light weight, pale red)
light red seraya Shorea spp. (light weight, pale red)
light virola bialyanthera spp.
light virola Virola spp.
Iignum vitae Guaiacum spp.
lignum vitae, Maracaibo Bulnesia arborea
limba Terminalia superba
limbo Terminalia superba
lime, American Tilia americana
lime, English Tilia vulgaris
lime, European Tilia vulgaris
lime, Japanese Tilia japonica
Linde Tilia spp.
lingue Persea lingue
lingub Ajzelta ajrlcana
locust Hymenaea courbaril
locust, black Robinia pseudoacacia
locust, West Indian Hymenaea courbaril
locustwood Astronium fraxinifolium
lodgepole pine Pines contorta
lolagbola Oxystigma oxyphyllum
lollondo Olea welwitschii
London plane Platanus hybrida
longleaf Pinus palustris
longleaf, pitch pine Pinus palustris
longleaf, pitch pine, Caribbean Pinus caribaea
longleaf, yellow pine Pinus palustris
lotofa Sterculia rhinopetala
Lousiana cypress Taxodium distichum
loup Dracontomelum mangijerum
louro Cordia trichotoma
louro, red Ocotea rubra
louro inamuhy Ocotea barcellensis
louro inamui Ocotea barcellensis
louro preto Ocorea and Nectandra spp.
louro vermelho Ocotea rubra
lowland fir Abies grandis
lun Shorea (med wt, yellow or white)
lun, kuning Shorea spp. (med weight. yellow)
lun, puteh Shorea spp. (med weight, white)
Standard Name (category L) Scientific Name Standard Name (category M) Scientific Name
lunumidella Melia composita
lup Dracontomelum mangifaum

Category M

Macassar ebony Diospyros celebica
macula Eucalyptus maculata
maculata gum Eucalyptus maculata
Madagascar ebony Diospyros spp
mate Fagaropsis angolertsis
Magnolia Magnolia spp
mahogany, African Khaya ivorensis
Magnolia, Anerlean Swietenia candollel
mahogany, bataan Shoreo polyspermo (med wt, drk red)
mahogany, Benin Khaya grandifoliola
mahogany, Benin Khaya ivarensis
mahogany, Brazilian Swietenta ?macrophylla
mahogany, Brazilian Carapa guianensis
mahogany, British Guiana Carapa guianensis
mahogany, British Honduras Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, cedar Guarea cedrata
mahogany, Central American Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Ceylon Melia composita
mahogany, Costa Rica Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Cuban Swietenia mahagoni
mahogany, Degema Khaya ivorensir
mahogany, Demerara Carapa gulanensis
mahogany, dry-zone Khaya senegalensis
mahogany, Gaboon Aucoumea klaineana
mahogany, Ghana Khaya ivorensis
mahogany, Grand Bassam Khaya ivorensir
mahogany, Guatemalan Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Guinea Khaya senegalensis
mahogany, heavy African Khaya grandlfolloia
mahogany, Honduras Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Indian white Canarium euphyllum
mahogany, Ivory Coast Khaya lvorensis
mahogany, Jamaica Swietenia mahagoni
mahogany, Lagos Khaya ivorensis
mahogany, Mexican Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Mozambique Khaya nyasica
mahogany, Nicaraguan Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Nigerian Khaya ivorensis
mahogany, Panama Swietenia macrophylla
mahogany, Para Corapa guianensis
mahogany, Peruvian Swietenia macrophylla

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