Endemic Wood Species
Koa (Acacia Koa)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Milo (Thespesia Populnea)
Koa is known as one of the best tone woods for guitar and ukuleles. It's also used for high end furniture and crafts!
Milo (Thespesia Populnea)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Milo (Thespesia Populnea)
Milo is also known as Pacific Rosewood. It is prized for it's beautiful color, carving, and fine furniture!
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Sandalwood is known around the world for it's use in essential oils and incense. It's also used for fine carving and religious purposes. Hawaiian red sandalwood is extremely rare!
Kou (Cordia subcordata)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Red Sandal Wood (Santalum Paniculatum)
Kou is a rare coastal tree in Hawaii. It was used by Hawaiians to make calabash bowls and food containers. Kou is still used to make calabashes today!
Kamani (Calophyllum Inophyllum)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Kamani is a dense wood with feathery grain. It has beautiful pink/red colors and is used for fine furniture and bowl turning here in Hawaii.
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama "Hawaiian Ebony" (Diospyros Sandwicensis)
Lama is a true species of Ebony that is native to Hawaii. It has beautiful black & white color and is sometimes heavily spalted!
Introduced Wood Species
Mango “Manako” (Mangifera Indica)
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Mango is a moderately dense wood that can have extremely strong curl. The curly wood is used in guitar and ukulele tone wood. It's also used in fine furniture.
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Pheasant wood is a beautiful brown and white wood. The grain looks very feathery and it rarely comes down in Hawaii.
Monkey Pod “ohai” (Samanea Saman)
Pheasant Wood “kolohala” (Cassia Siamea)
Monkey Pod “ohai” (Samanea Saman)
Monkey pod is a beautiful rich brown wood! It's used around the world for fine furniture.
Robusta (Eucalyptus Robusta)
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
Monkey Pod “ohai” (Samanea Saman)
Robusta is prized for it's curly and burly grain. It's used for fine furniture and flooring.
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
Rambutan is a tropical fruit tree that is related to lychee, longan, and mamoncillo (Spanish lime). It is a stable wood that can have extreme curl and burl patterns.
Tamarind (Tamarindus Indica)
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
Rambutan (Nephelium Lappaceum)
Tamarind is a dense and stable wood. It has beautiful purple heart. The white wood is one of the best spalting woods in the world.
Black Wattle (Acacia Mearnsii)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Black Wattle is one of many species of Acacia. It is native to Australia and is known for its copper/red colors. It can be used as a cheaper alternative to Koa.
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Toon is known for it's beautiful pink and red colors and definitive grain!
Cuban Mahogany (Swietenia Mahahoni)
Toon "Australian Red Cedar" (Toona Ciliate)
Norfolk Pine (Araucaria Heterophylla)
Cuban Mahogany is a cites protected wood. It is extremely rare because of deforestation around the world. It is used as tone wood for acoustic guitars and fine furniture!
Norfolk Pine (Araucaria Heterophylla)
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
Norfolk Pine (Araucaria Heterophylla)
Norfolk Pine is known for it's dense red knots, stability, and it's spalted blue and orange heartwood!
Red Bottle Brush (Callistemon Citrinus)
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
Red Bottle Brush is a ornamental tree. It's known for it's beautiful red color and extremely curly, stable, and dense wood!
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
Sugi Pine "Japanese Cedar" (Cryptomeria)
Sugi Pine is also known as Japanese Cedar. It's a stable and dense wood that has beautiful brown colors. It can make pronounced compression curl in the bases of big trees!