Endemic Wood Species
Koa (Acacia Koa)
Milo (Thespesia Populnea)
Dark to medium golden or even reddish brown. Can be straight or highly figured. Commonly used for guitars, ukuleles, carving, turning, and many other wood projects.
Milo (Thespesia Populnea)
Milo (Thespesia Populnea)
A dark brown and reddish hue in color. Known as some of the best carving wood in the world and is commonly used for small crafts, carving, and turning.
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Known for its distinct smell, Hawaiian red sandalwood is a light brown color. Commonly used for fine carving, essential oils, and small crafts.
Kou (Cordia subcordata)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
It has a very unique dark brown color with a greyish hue. Kou is a rare coastal tree in Hawaii. Commonly used for turning and carving.
Kamani (Calophyllum Inophyllum)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Beautiful pink, red, and orange tones. It has a very unique feathery grain pattern with strong chatoyancy rays. Commonly used for furniture, turning, carving, and crafts.
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Has a very unique black-and-white color with heavy spalting. Lama is a true species of Ebony that is native to Hawaii. Commonly used for small crafts, carving, turning, and some musical instrument necks.
Introduced Wood Species
Mango “Manako” (Mangifera Indica)
Color can vary from light to golden brown with the heartwood sometimes being dark brown. Mango is also known for spalting and can have extreme figure/curl. Commonly used for ukuleles, guitars, turning, carving, and high-end furniture.
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Resemblance to the patterns and colors found on tail feathers of pheasants. The heartwood is dark brown to black with beautiful light-colored stripes. Commonly used for carving, turning, ukeleles, and guitars.
Monkey Pod “ohai” (Samanea Saman)
Light to dark brown color with a yellowish tone. Crotches/bends can be highly figured/curly. Commonly used for carving, cabinetry, furniture, ukulele, and guitars.
Robusta (Eucalyptus Robusta)
Color can range from a light pink color to a dark brownish red, color is known to deepen with age. Robusta can have abnormal grain patterns such as burl and knot-like features. Commonly used for turning, carving, knife handle material, and some musical instruments.
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
A very unique golden, orange, and reddish-brown color. Rambutan wood can have extreme spalting and beautiful curly and burly figure. Commonly used for carving, knife handle material, small crafts, and furniture.
Tamarind (Tamarindus Indica)
Heartwood is a beautiful dark brown color that can sometimes include a purplish tone. The light yellow sapwood is known to be some of the best spalting woods in the world. Commonly used for furniture, carving, and small crafts.
Black Wattle (Acacia Mearnsii)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Known for its copper to reddish brown color. Black Wattle is one of many species of Acacia and is native to Australia. Commonly used for small crafts, knife handle material, and flooring. Some use it as a cheaper alternative to Koa.
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Pink and reddish-brown in color. Toon has a very definitive grain with beautiful medullary rays. It is commonly used for furniture, veneer, carving, and some musical instruments.
Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia Mahahoni)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Norfolk Pine (Araucaria Heterophylla)
Heartwood color is a mix of light pink to reddish brown. It has a beautiful chatoyancy figure with some wavy but mostly straight grain patterns. Commonly used as a tonewood for acoustic guitars, fine furniture, cigar boxes, and carving.
Norfolk Pine (Araucaria Heterophylla)
Norfolk Pine (Araucaria Heterophylla)
Known for its beautiful dense red knots. Suig is a light brown color with some hints of red, blue, and grey tones. Commonly used for carving, turning, and sometimes furniture.
Red Bottle Brush (Callistemon Citrinus)
Known for its beautiful red flowers, the wood also has a very distinct red appearance. Can be extremely figured and is commonly used for carving and turning.
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
A mix of red and brown in color with a strong cedar smell. Can be highly figured with compression curl on old-growth trees. Commonly used for small crafts, furniture, and carving.