Brazilian Hardwood Varieties

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Brazilian hardwood varieties.

View the beautiful rainbow of brazilian hardwood decking options and click on each variety for more information. Only use this list as a guide for common botanical names etc. The woods of some other species in the genus dalbergia are notable even famous woods in their own right. Please refer to our pricelist for a more up to date list of what we currently have in stock.

For years when builders contractors and diy deck builders turned to us for their wood decking needs they received only the. Some species become canopy trees up to 30 m high citation needed and large pieces can occasionally be found in the trade. And canada while exotic hardwoods are those that come from anywhere else in the world domestics include familiar favorites such as birch cherry. We are direct importers of the world s best brazilian decking species.

Not all species are listed or available. Brazilian wood depot stocks several popular species of brazilian hardwoods for decking siding and flooring. For all types of hardwood decking you want to use stainless steel screws for longevity. For one thing it s as hard or harder than nails it s been known to bend nails ipe is so dense that it often needs to be pre drilled before pieces are connected.

These species are some of the hardest in the world and include ipe cumaru massaranduba jatoba purpleheart tigerwood and garapa. Brazilian decking is a very resiliant decking material. African blackwood cocobolo kingwood and brazilian tulipwood. Ipe is a hardwood from brazilian rainforests that has received lots of attention in the past couple of decades.

If you are installing hardwood decking that will last 40 years you want to make sure your fasteners will last that long. We offer responsibly harvested rare wood wood tropical hardwoods rare wood lumber slabs and figured hardwoods of the amazon region in all grades from clear high grade instrument quality to huge rustic live sawn wood slabs. Brazilian ironwood pau ferro caesalpinia ferrea yellow lapacho tabebuia serratifolia jacarandá boca de sapo jacaranda brasiliana jacarandá de brasil dalbergia nigra jatobá hymenaea courbaril kingwood dalbergia cearensis lacewood. Some compare its strength to that of steel.

Northern silky oak cardwellia sublimis american sycamore platanus occidentalis london plane. Secondly other types of fasteners are known to cause staining and discoloration in hardwoods so they can cause major issues.