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Wood Species Database

Detailed properties for 60 timber species — Janka hardness, density, shrinkage behaviour, fiber saturation point and dimensional stability. Every species links to the tools that use its data.

Accoya Acetylated Radiata Pine

Janka 752Medium

African Blackwood

Dalbergia mel.
Janka 804Medium

African Mahogany

Khaya ivorensis
Janka 592Medium

American Cherry

Prunus serotina
Janka 562Medium

Balau

Shorea spp.
Janka 803Medium

Bamboo Structural Engineered

Janka 550Medium

Bangkirai

Shorea laevis
Janka 852Medium

Black Walnut

Juglans nigra
Janka 625Medium

Burma Teak Premium Grade

Janka 820Medium

Cumaru

Dipteryx odorata
Janka 901Medium

Deodar Cedar

Cedrus deodara
Janka 580Medium

Douglas Fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii
Janka 551Medium

Ebony

Diospyros ebenum
Janka 897Medium

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica
Janka 721Medium

European Larch

Larix decidua
Janka 540Medium

European Oak

Quercus robur
Janka 742Medium

Garapa

Apuleia leiocarpa
Janka 722Medium

Hard Maple

Acer saccharum
Janka 660Medium

Hem-Fir

Janka 491Soft

Hinoki Cypress

Chamaecyparis ob.
Janka 451Soft

Indian Rosewood

Dalbergia latifolia
Janka 780Medium

Ipe Lapacho

Tabebuia spp.
Janka 1050Hard

Iroko

Milicia excelsa
Janka 563Medium

Jarrah

Eucalyptus marginata
Janka 960Medium

Kail Blue Pine

Pinus wallichiana
Janka 460Soft

Keruing

Dipterocarpus spp.
Janka 691Medium

Lignum Vitae

Guaiacum officinale
Janka 1100Hard

Mango Wood

Mangifera indica
Janka 560Medium

Massaranduba

Manilkara bidentata
Janka 950Medium

Meranti Red Lauan

Janka 523Medium

Merbau

Intsia bijuga
Janka 851Medium

Neem

Azadirachta indica
Janka 703Medium

Norway Spruce

Picea abies
Janka 471Soft

Paulownia

Paulownia tomentosa
Janka 503Medium

Rubber Wood

Hevea brasiliensis
Janka 420Soft

Sal

Shorea robusta
Janka 870Medium

Sapele

Entandrophragma cylindricum
Janka 600Medium

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris
Janka 610Medium

Shisham Sissoo

Dalbergia sissoo
Janka 753Medium

Silver Birch

Betula pendula
Janka 711Medium

Southern Yellow Pine

Janka 591Medium

Spotted Gum

Corymbia citriodora
Janka 902Medium

Spruce-Pine-Fir SPF

Janka 501Medium

Sugi Japanese Cedar

Cryptomeria
Janka 401Soft

Sweet Chestnut

Castanea sativa
Janka 671Medium

Teak

Tectona grandis
Janka 630Medium

Thermowood Ash ThermoD

Janka 741Medium

Thermowood Birch ThermoD

Janka 701Medium

Thermowood Larch ThermoD

Janka 651Medium

Thermowood Oak ThermoD

Janka 751Medium

Thermowood Pine ThermoD

Janka 481Soft

Thermowood Radiata Pine ThermoD

Janka 802Medium

Thermowood Siberian Larch ThermoD

Janka 761Medium

Thermowood Spruce ThermoD

Janka 522Medium

Thermowood Western Red Cedar ThermoD

Janka 681Medium

Wenge

Millettia laurentii
Janka 652Medium

Western Hemlock

Janka 502Medium

Western Red Cedar

Janka 381Soft

White Ash

Fraxinus americana
Janka 702Medium

Yellow Birch

Janka 510Medium