OPS Forestry has developed strong connections with forest owners, sawmills, and timber manufacturers across many of the world’s controlled forest regions.
Afrosersalisia afzelii
Heartwood is yellowish brown, occasionally with a reddish or olive-colored hue, darkening with age. Narrow sapwood is pale yellow and is clearly differentiated from the heartwood. Rated as very durable,...
Callitris glaucophylla
Natural resins in the wood impart a distinctive odour to white cypress and are believed to contribute to the timber's impressive natural durability. Heartwood is resistant to termites. Life expectancy...
Lophira Alata
Description: Azobe is firm and heavy, being amongst the hardest usable woods in the world, and is largely impervious to the effects of insects and weather. Heartwood is a dark...
Ochroma pyramidales
Balsa is famous for its wide usage in woodworking, due to its softness and its high strength compared to its low density. The name Balsa is the Spanish word for...
Dicorynia guianensis, Dicorynia paraensis
The wood is dimensionally stable and has a nice, warm, reddish-brown color. With its texture and pleasant color, Basralocus has a pleasing combination of appearance and natural durability not often...
Qualea rosea, Qualea spp., Ruizterania spp
Description: Berg Gronfolo is pinkish brown to red-brown, sometimes olive-brown.
Products Available: Logs, sawn timber.
Applications: Flooring, interior and exterior joinery, exterior paneling, sliced veneer, molding, boxes, and crates, glued...
Nauclea diderrichii
Description: Bilinga has impressive strength properties and high levels of fungal resistance. It is therefore especially suitable as a solid wood for highly stressed components in outdoor construction where subsequent...
Manilkara huberi, Manilkara bidentata, Manilkara spp
Description: The wood is dark red brown with purplish shades.
Products Available: Logs, sawn timber, semi or finished product.
Applications: Stakes, Stringed instruments (bow), Hydraulic works (fresh water), Sleepers, Sliced...
Acacia harpophylla
Small to medium-sized tree yielding a dense, moderately fine-grained hardwood. Heartwood dark reddish-brown. Sapwood thin yellow and quite distinctive.
Fine furniture, can be substituted for Lancewood, Gidgee, Blackwood.
Eucalyptus pilularis
Heartwood ranges from golden yellow to pale brown, sometimes with a slight pinkish tint. The sapwood is lighter and resistant to lyctid borer. Blackbutt has an even texture and straight...
Erythrophleum chlorostachys
One of the heaviest, strongest and most durable timbers in the world, the tree is very slow-growing and relatively small, yielding logs up to a maximum length of about 5...
Dipteryx odorata
Description: Due to its beautiful graining and varied appearance, Cumaru, pronounced /Koo'-mah-Roo/, is often referred to as "Brazilian Teak". is world-renowned for its superior characteristics and properties. Cumaru is one...
