High quality interior construction lumber, highly decorative with Burls or fiddleback mottle; construction lumber (only in Japan).

Teak numbers amongst the oldest commercial lumbers. Due to its resistance to fungi and insect infestation ideal for shipbuilding. High quality wood for architectural woodwork and mass–produced furniture which went out of fashion, however, in Central Europe in the eighties and nineties. Now as before a popular wood for furniture in Scandinavia though.

Due to the small dimensions, it is mostly used for turnery objects or knife handles in the exclusive sector. Due to its considerably high price, it is used exclusively for high-grade interior fittings, but lengths over 250 cm are very seldom.

Plain Eucalyptus – Like Eucalyptus Pommele and Figured Eucalyptus – is rarely used as face veneer, but mostly for sides and for interior veneers as the wood is not very expressive. Besides fro veneers, Eucalyptus is used for railroad ties and in ship and vehicle construction . As plantation wood mostly used for paper production .

As the original Macassar has become rarer and rarer and also more narrow, Indonesian suppliers switched to this type of Macassar which offers much better dimensions but has reddish colour shades instead of white and grey shades instead of black. Today, far more Amara is used than Macassar.

High quality architectural purposes, more in North America and Australia than in Europe.

Highest quality architectural wood work, inlays and musical instruments.

In those countries where figured wood is very popular –such as in North America, Asia, Middle East, Great Britain – the Figured Eucalyptus species is used for interior architectural woodwork, exclusive furniture and in ship building for interior design. Since the end of the nineties, this species is also being used for automotive dashboards .

High quality architectural woodwork.

Distinctly decorative veneer wood; particularly beautiful surfaces achieved by quarter cutting through the regular large rays. (Flake effect similar to Oak) Used also for architectural woodwork and parquet flooring.

In its indigenous regions, Dillenia is used primarily as construction wood and lumber for cabinets. As veneer, it is used only seldom outside its countries of origin yet, however, since veneer qualities in this wood species are quite rare, large quantities can certainly not be provided anyway.

High quality architectural woodwork or furniture.

High quality architectural woodwork or furniture.