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Greenheart is an excellent timber for many uses, but is most highly regarded for marine construction because of its high resistance to marine borers and high resistance to fungi and termites.
Purpleheart is one of the most distinctive woods of tropical America. Purpleheart is very hard, extremely heavy, strong, tough, and durable, but is most often recognized for its unusual coloring, which at times is actually purple.
Mora is a very strong, stiff, hard, and tough timber. It is one of the most plentiful high-quality heavy timbers in the Caribbean.
Bulletwood is a very hard, strong, and tough wood. It has great bending strength, shock resistance, hardness, shear, and in across-the-grain properties of compression and tension.
Locust is a large, nearly evergreen tree growing to 130 feet high and 5 feet in diameter; but normally it is less than 100 feet high and 2-4 feet in diameter. Boles measure 60-80 feet in height.
Crabwood is a member of the mahogany family and resembles the true mahoganies, sometimes being substituted for them.
Baromalli heartwood is a dull yellowish to pinkish brown, not sharply defined from the lighter colored sapwood.
Manni is used as a general utility timber used for construction, carpentry, housing construction, farming members, exterior and interior work, packing cases, and barrel staves.
Red Cedar bears a general resemblance to the softer grades of Mahogany, but the heartwood varies from pale pinkish brown to dark reddish brown, according to the locality of growth.
Shibadan is a good general purpose wood suitable for construction work requiring strength and durability and could also be useful for exterior joinery. Shibadan is also suitable for paneling, turnery, and furniture manufacturing.
"Hard" Silverballi is used in general carpentry, boat building (planking), suitable for both interior and exterior work. "Soft" Silverballi is used in general carpentry, interior work, light furniture; suitable for utility plywood.
Wallaba is one of the most abundant good-quality timbers in Guyana, where it is used extensively for many purposes.
Kabukalli is a hard, strong, and tough wood. It is considered a good wood for durable heavy building construction, marine construction (in areas not contaminated with teredo), land communications materials, agricultural and industrial uses, and joinery and furniture.
Washiba is dark brown, occasionally streaked black; cold to touch, fine textured, and straight to irregular grained.
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Greenheart is natually resistant to wood destroying organisms from the water and land. It is exceptionally hard and used in many different environments from flooring to piling.