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ID Family ID Name Authorities Common Name Num. of Species Geolocation Growth Forms Family Name Overview
7716 305 Nauclea   Bilinga, Opepe   Africa, E. Asia, Phillipines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Brunei   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
6141 132 Necepsia             Has Wood
6892 186 Nectandra   Canelo   Caribbean, Florida, Brazil   Lauraceae Has commercial wood
6142 132 Neoboutonia             Has Wood
7719 305 Neonauclea       Indonesia, Phillipines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
7858 343 Nephelium L.   22 Indomalaysia   Aceraceae Has wood.
7061 234 Nesogordonia       Nigeria, Ivory Coast, w. Africa Tree Sterculiaceae Has commerical wood.
6414 140 Newtonia             Has Wood
6548 145 Nothofagus       Chile, Argentina, Australia, N. Z.     Has commercial wood
6656 152 Nuxia             Has wood
5706 61 Nyssa             Now under Cornaceae
8431 379 Ochna L.   86 Tropical Old World TreeBush Ochnaceae Has wood.
6979 224 Ochroma           Bombacaceae Has wood
6769 199 Ochthocosmus           Ixonanthaceae Has wood
6895 186 Ocotea       Guyana, S. Africa Tree Lauraceae Has commercial wood
7814 321 Octoknema       Cameroon   Olacaceae Has wood.
8571 404 Octomeles       Indonesia, Borneo, Phillipines, Malaysia, New Guinea, W. Pacific Islands Tree Datiscaceae Has commercial wood, large trees.
6145 132 Oldfieldia             Has Wood
8285 355 Olea   Olivewood   Africa, Europe (Mediterranean), Asia-Temperate, Tree Oleaceae Has expensive commercial wood.
7235 249 Olinia thunb. Hard Pear, Hardepeer 8 east & South Africa, St. Helena   Oliniaceae Has wood. Can be used for attractive furniture.
8157 102 Omphalocarpum           Sapotaceae Has wood.
7816 321 Ongokea           Olacaceae Has wood.
7367 275 Orites           Proteaceae  
6418 140 Ormosia             Has Wood
6542 142 Ostrya Scop. Hornbeam, Ironwood   W.Asia, E. Europe Tree   Has Wood
7843 324 Osyris L.     Mediterraean & Africa to India; 2 species in Europe   Santalaceae Has timber like true Sandalwood. The oil is used in scent making..
6815 170 Oxandra           Annonaceae Has wood
6422 140 Oxystigma             Has commercial wood
6980 224 Pachira       Tropical Mexico to South America, South Miami Tree Bombacaceae Has commercial wood
6817 170 Pachypodanthium           Annonaceae Has wood
6426 140 Pahudia       Phillipines     Has Wood
8160 102 Palaquium   Nyatoh   Taiwan & Indomalasia to Samoa, Australia   Sapotaceae Has commercial wood.
8613 428 Pangium           Flacourtiaceae Has wood.
8516 398 Parartocarpus           Moraceae Has wood.
7002 228 Parashorea Kurz. Urat Matta, White Seraya Gerutu 14 S. China, S.E. Asia, Malaysia   Diptercarpaceae Has commercial wood
7571 304 Parastemon           Rosaceae Has wood.
8230 350 Paratecoma           Bignoniaceae Has commercial wood.
7472 289 Parinari   Burada   Wide distribution in tropical Africa Tree Chrysobalanaceae Has commerical wood
7473 289 Parinarium   Bkau       Chrysobalanaceae Has commercial wood
7893 327 Parishia           Anacardiaceae Has wood.
6430 140 Parkia             Has Wood
6704 29 Patagonula           Boraginaceae Has wood
8322 358 Paulownia Siebold & Zucc.     Native to Korea, S. China, Taiwan, Japan. U.S., S. America Tree Scrophulariaceae Has commercial wood.
7723 305 Pausinystalia       Liberia, Angola   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
8162 102 Payena   Nyatoh       Sapotaceae Has commercial wood.
6434 140 Peltogyne Vogel. Amaranth, Purpleheart   Tropical America, esp. Amazonas Tree   Has commercial exotic wood
6435 140 Peltophorum (Vogel.) Benth. Brasilleto 8 Tropical areas     Has commercial timber
7096 235 Pentace   Melunak   Burma to W. Malaysia   Tiliaceae Has commercial timber
6436 140 Pentaclethra             Has Wood
7003 228 Pentacme A. D.C         Diptercarpaceae Shorea. Has commercial wood
8106 165 Pentadesma           Guttiferae Has wood.
6437 140 Pericopsis       Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, Micronesia     Has Wood
6737 179 Peronema           Verbenaceae Has commercial wood
6896 186 Persea   Red Bay       Lauraceae Has wood
6716 178 Petitia           Labiatae Has wood
6897 186 Phoebe Nees     Indomalaysia, Brazil, Africa Tree Lauraceae Has commercial wood
6155 132 Phyllanthus             Has Wood
8235 350 Phyllarthron       Africa: West coast, esp. Nigeria   Bignoniaceae Has wood.
5839 9 Phyllocladus       Tasmania, New Zealand      
8542 307 Phyllostylon Capanema ex. Benth.   2 Tropical America,Eastern Australia Tree Ulmaceae Has commercial wood. Similar to boxwoods.
5846 10 Picea   Spruces         All species are likely to be commercial woods
7984 312 Picramnia Sw.   45 Tropical America   Picramniaceae Has wood.
8064 344 Picrasma blume     Tropical American TreeBush Simaroubaceae Has wood.
5847 10 Pinus   Pines          
6442 140 Piptadenia Benth.     Tropical America     Has commercial timbers
6443 140 Piptadeniastrum             Has Wood
6444 140 Piscidia             Has Wood
7894 327 Pistacia           Anacardiaceae Has wood.
6445 140 Pithecellobium C. Martius.     Tropical & warm areas of America     Has commercial wood
8163 102 Planchonella       Australia   Sapotaceae Has wood. Many species moved over to Pouteria.
6757 191 Planchonia           Lecythidaceae Has wood
6683 168 Platanus L. Sycamore Family   North Hemisphere. S.E. Asia, S.E. Europe, N. Iran, E. U.S., S. Ontario Tree Platanaceae Has wood
8108 165 Platonia       Brazil, Ecuador, French guiana, Guyana, Surinam   Guttiferae Has timber.
7497 293 Platylophus           Cunoniaceae Has wood.
6449 140 Platypodium             Has Wood
5898 147 Plumeria              
5861 11 Podocarpus L. Herit. ex Pers.     Southern temperate zones through tropical highlands to Caribbean & Japan      
8109 165 Poeciloneuron           Guttiferae Has wood.
7445 286 Poga           Rhizophoraceae  
6821 170 Polyalthia           Annonaceae Has wood
5424 19 Polyscias Forester & Forester f.   150 Tropical Old World, esp. New Caledonia TreeBush    
7859 343 Pometia Forester & Forester   2 Indomalaysia. Malaysia, Phillipines, Indonesia Tree Aceraceae Has commercial timber. Used locally
6456 140 Pongamia             Has Wood
8642 222 Populus L. Poplar, Aspen, Cottonwood   Temperate to frigid climates Tree Salicaceae Has commercial wood.
8164 102 Pouteria Aublet.     Tropical America, Asia to Pacific, Africa, Australia, Peru TreeBush Sapotaceae Has some timber.
6717 178 Premna           Labiatae Has wood
6458 140 Prioria             Has expensive exotic commercial wood
6459 140 Prosopis L. Mesquite   Mostly warm America. some in S.W. Asia, Africa TreeBush   Has commercial wood
7924 310 Protium       Tropical Tree Burseraceae Has wood.
6163 132 Protomegabaria       Many African countries     Has Wood
7576 304 Prunus   Cherry, Plum, Apricot, Almond, Peach   Native to Europe, Japan, Korea, North America. Very widely cultivated. Tree Rosaceae Has commercial wood & much edible fruit
6982 224 Pseudobombax Dugand   20 Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Peru, Tropical America   Bombacaceae Has commercial wood
7965 246 Pseudocedrela           Meliaceae Has commercial wood.
6465 140 Pseudosamanea Harms           Albizia. Has Wood
6466 140 Pseudosindora   Makata         Has commercial wood
7898 327 Pseudospondias           Anacardiaceae Has wood.
5849 10 Pseudotsuga Carr. Douglas Fir          
7966 246 Ptaeroxylon           Meliaceae Has commercial wood.
7112 239 Pteleopsis           Combretaceae Has wood
6470 140 Pterocarpus Jacq. Padouk, Narra   Africa, S.E. Asia, Indomalaysia     Has commercial wood
7063 234 Pterocymbium   Amberoi       Sterculiaceae Has commercial wood
6472 140 Pterogyne       Brazil     Has commercial wood
7064 234 Pterospermum           Sterculiaceae Has commercial wood
7065 234 Pterygota   Koto   Malaysia, Peru, Nigeria, New Guinea, Phillipines, Ivory Coast, Guatemala   Sterculiaceae Has wood
6930 18 Pycnanthus       Tropical Africa   Myristicaceae Has commercial wood
7579 304 Pygeum       Tropical & South Africa, Kenya, Uganda   Rosaceae Has commercial wood
7581 304 Pyrus   Pears   Europe. World wide cultivated Tree Rosaceae Has commercial wood
 
               
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