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ID Family ID Name Authorities Common Name Num. of Species Geolocation Growth Forms Family Name Overview
7293 265 Qualea           Vochysiaceae Has commercial wood
8065 344 Quassia           Simaroubaceae Has wood.
6550 145 Quercus   Oaks 400   Tree   Has commercial wood
7739 305 Randia L.     Tropica & warm areas of America. Mexico, Phillipines, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Tanzania, Cameroon, Fiji   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
7327 271 Rapanea   Cape Beech   America, Africa, Asia Tree Myrsinaceae Has Wood
6476 140 Recordoxylon             Has Wood
7420 284 Reynosia           Rhamnaceae Has wood
7423 284 Rhamnus   Buckthorn       Rhamnaceae Has commercial wood
7226 248 Rhodamnia       Australia Tree Myrtaceae  
6681 167 Rhodoleia           Hamamelidaceae Has wood
7900 327 Rhus   Sumacs   U.S., Canada, Japan Tree Anacardiaceae Has wood.
6169 132 Ricinodendron       Africa     Has Wood. Good Balsa substitute.
6480 140 Robinia L. Black Locust, False Acacia 4 North America TreeBush   Has commercial wood
6827 170 Saccopetalum           Annonaceae Has wood
6765 198 Sacoglottis           Humiriaceae Has wood
6828 170 Sageraea           Annonaceae Has wood
8643 222 Salix   Willows   Tropical America, Panama TreeBush Salicaceae Has commercial wood. Also has low shrubs.
6482 140 Samanea   Monkey Pod         Has commercial wood
7970 246 Sandoricum           Meliaceae Has commercial wood.
7844 324 Santalum L. Sandalwood 25 Indomalaysia to Australia India, Australia Tree Santalaceae Has expensive, fragrant commercial wood.
7925 310 Santiria           Burseraceae Has wood.
7860 343 Sapindus L. Soapberry 13 Tropical and warm North and South America   Aceraceae Has wood.
Split timber used for cotton baskets
6173 132 Sapium             Has Wood
7753 305 Sarcocephalus       Myanmar, Zaire, Ghana, Nigeria, Laos, Liberia, Vietnam, Indonesia   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
6899 186 Sassafras       E. Asia, China, 1 in North America   Lauraceae Has commercial wood
5432 19 Schefflera Forester & Forester   650 Tropical & Warm climates TreeBushLiane    
8469 390 Schima Reinw. ex Blume     Tropical and warm Asia   Theaceae Has commercial wood.
7901 327 Schinopsis   Quebracho   Argentina   Anacardiaceae Has wood.
6486 140 Schizolobium             Has Wood
7502 293 Schizomeria           Cunoniaceae Has wood.
8034 343 Schleichera Willd.     Indomalaysia   Rutaceae Has timber.
8288 355 Schrebera           Oleaceae Has wood.
7903 327 Sclerocarya Hochst.     Tropical & S. Africa   Anacardiaceae Has wood.
7820 321 Scorodocarpus       Thailand   Olacaceae Has wood.
8621 428 Scottellia   Odoko   West Africa Tree Flacourtiaceae Has commercial wood. Large tree
6495 140 Serianthes             Has Wood
7004 228 Shorea Roxb. ex. Gaertner f. Meranti, White Meranti, Seraya, Luan, Melapi 357 Sri Lanka to S. China, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands Tree Diptercarpaceae The most important timber species in S.E. Asia. Commercial wood.
8170 102 Sideroxylon   Buckthorns       Sapotaceae Has commercial wood.
8066 344 Simarouba     6 S. Florida, Caribbean through Central America, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil   Simaroubaceae Has commercial wood.
6497 140 Sindora   Sepetir   S.E. Asia, Malaysia     Has commercial wood
5758 68 Siphonodon Griffith            
8242 350 Spathodea   Fire Tree   West Kenya, Uganda Tree Bignoniaceae Has wood.
7906 327 Spondias L.     Indomalaysia to S.E. Asia & tropical America, Pacific   Anacardiaceae Has wood.
6931 18 Staudtia   African Cherry   Africa   Myristicaceae Has commercial wood
7068 234 Sterculia   Chica, Mahot Blanc       Sterculiaceae Has commercial wood
8245 350 Stereospermum           Bignoniaceae Has wood.
7115 239 Strephonema           Combretaceae Has wood
7821 321 Strombosia       Many countries in africa   Olacaceae Has wood. Used for many applications. Tree to 30 meters
6665 157 Strychnos L. Kkoulouku 190 Tropical & Warm areas TreeBushLiane   Has timber. Species woody.
6506 140 Swartzia       Africa     Has Wood
6507 140 Sweetia             Has Wood
7972 246 Swietenia   True Mahogany   Central America, Tropical S. America Tree Meliaceae Has important commercial timbers
7907 327 Swintonia   Merpauh   Indomalaysia   Anacardiaceae Has commercial wood.
8111 165 Symphonia       Tropical America, Tropical W. Africa Tree Guttiferae Has commercial wood.
5939 105 Symplocos Jacq.   250 tropical & warm America & eastern Old World
108 Exclusive to New Caledonia		     Has Wood
7230 248 Syncarpia Ten. Turpentine   Malaysia to N.E. Australia   Myrtaceae Has commercial wood
7231 248 Syzygium     1000 Malaysia, Moluccas, Australia, TreeBush Myrtaceae Has commercial wood, Evergreen trees & shrubs.
8247 350 Tabebuia Gomes ex DC. Ipe, Lapacho, Pau d'Arco   Cuba, Jamaica, Brazil & surrounding countries, Dominican Republic, Central America, Bolivia, Paraguay, N. Argentina, Haiti Tree Bignoniaceae Has much commercial wood.
6622 80 Tabernaemontana             Has Wood
6864 212 Talauma       Lesser Antilles Islands   Magnoliaceae Has wood
6510 140 Tamarindus       Africa, Asia, Australia, many other places     Has Wood
8647 365 Tamarix L. Athel   Eurasia, Africa, India   Tamaricaceae Has wood.
6917 213 Tambourissa           Monimiaceae Has wood
7908 327 Tapirira           Anacardiaceae Has commercial wood.
6512 140 Taralea             Has Wood
7069 234 Tarrietia Blume     Thailand, Phillipines, Malaysia   Sterculiaceae Heritiera. Has wood
5834 12 Taxodium Rich. Bald Cypress 2 Eastern North America Trees    
5865 14 Taxus   Yew          
8248 350 Tecoma           Bignoniaceae Has wood.
6722 178 Tectona   Teak   Thailand, Burma. Tree Labiatae Has commercial timber. Widely grown in Teak plantations.
7116 239 Terminalia       Tropical Africa, Central America, India, Thailand   Combretaceae Has many commercial timbers
6514 140 Tessmannia             Has Wood
8436 379 Testulea Pellegrin   1 Gabon   Ochnaceae Has Commercial wood.
6515 140 Tetraberlinia       Liberia     Has commercial wood
7928 310 Tetragastris   Sali   Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadelope, Haiti, Puerto Rico   Burseraceae Has commercial wood.
8572 404 Tetrameles     1 Thailand   Datiscaceae Has local commercial wood.
8421 389 Tetramerista Miq. Punah 3 Guyana Highlands. Trees & shrubs Marcgraviaceae Has wood, timbers for beams
Has also been placed in Marcgraviaceae.
6516 140 Tetrapleura             Has Wood
7036 230 Thespesia       Many African countries   Malvaceae Has wood
5836 434 Thuja L. Arbor-vitae, White Cedar 5 North America, China, Korea, Japan Tree    
7791 187 Tieghemella           Loranthaceae See Sapotaceae
7100 235 Tilia   Basswood, Linde, Lime   E. U.S. & Canada, Europe, UK,   Tiliaceae Has commercial wood
7766 305 Timonius       Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
6519 140 Trachylobium             Has Wood
8545 307 Trema Lour.   1015 Tropical & warm areas. S.E. Asia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Phillipines, Australia Tree Ulmaceae Has wood.
7769 305 Tricalysia       Indonesia   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
8624 428 Trichadenia           Flacourtiaceae Has wood.
7977 246 Trichilia       Guyana   Meliaceae Has wood.
6552 145 Trigonobalanus             Has Wood
7312 63 Triplaris   Long John Tree     Tree Polygonaceae Has Wood
7071 234 Triplochiton   Obeche, Ayous   Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Tree Sterculiaceae Has commercial wood
7233 248 Tristania       Australia: NSW, California   Myrtaceae Has wood
8477 395 Trochodendron Siebold & Zucc.     Korea & Japan to Korea Tree Trochodendraceae Has wood.
8531 398 Trophis           Moraceae Has wood.
5850 10 Tsuga   Hemlock          
8070 345 Turpinia Vent.   10 Indomalaysia to Japan, tropical America   Staphyleaceae Has wood., some timbers
7976 246 Turraeanthus   Avodire   Africa: Angola; Cameroon; Congo; Cote D'Ivoire; Gabon; Ghana; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Zaire   Meliaceae Has commercial wood.
6187 132 Uapaca Baillon.   61 Long list of countries in Africa     Has timber
8546 307 Ulmus   Elm   Broad presence in Africa, Temperate Asia, Europe, U.K., Korea, U.S., Canada Tree Ulmaceae Has important commercial timbers.
6904 186 Umbellularia   Headache Tree       Lauraceae Has commercial wood
7005 228 Upuna Sym.   1 Borneo   Diptercarpaceae Has commercial wood
6524 140 Vatairea Aublet   7 Tropical America     Has Wood
6526 140 Vataireopsis   Fava         Has Wood
7006 228 Vateria L.   2 1 in S. India, 1 in Sri Lanka   Diptercarpaceae Has wood
7007 228 Vatica L. Resak 65 Indomalaysia   Diptercarpaceae Has commercial wood
5649 40 Vepris              
6530 140 Virgilia Poirett.     S. & S.W. Cape     Has Wood
6933 18 Virola           Myristicaceae Has commercial wood
6744 179 Vitex   Manilawood       Verbenaceae Has commercial wood
7295 265 Vochysia   Quaruba       Vochysiaceae Has commercial wood
6531 140 Vouacapoua     4 Gianas & N. Brazil     Has Wood
6533 140 Wallaceodendron             Has Wood
7980 246 Walsura       Thailand   Meliaceae Has wood.
6840 16 Warburgia Engl.     Tanzania, Kenya, East Africa   Cannellaceae Has wood
7774 305 Warscewiczia       Costa Rico, Brazil, Hawaii, Panama, Peru, Venzuela   Saxifragaceae Has wood.
7505 293 Weinmannia L.     Chile Tree Cunoniaceae Has wood.
7038 230 Wercklea Pitter & Stanley   12 Tropical America   Malvaceae Has wood
5838 434 Widdringtonia Endl. Yellow-woods 3 Tropical S. Africa     Some timber & cultivated ornamentals
5980 110 Wormia             Has wood
6632 80 Wrightia       Australia     Has Wood
7285 263 Xanthophyllum       Australia   Polygalaceae Has Wood
7824 321 Ximenia       Andros Island, Bahamas, Kenya, Mexico, Jalisco   Olacaceae Has wood.
6836 170 Xylopia           Annonaceae Has wood
6919 213 Xymalos           Monimiaceae Has wood
8547 307 Zelkova       Caucasian, Japan   Ulmaceae Has wood.
8626 428 Zuelania A. Rich.   1 Tropical America, Central America, Caribbean, Panama, Belize   Flacourtiaceae Has wood.
 
               
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