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Wood Encyclopedia

The wood species behind plywood, packing & timber

A working reference from the Cochin Wood Industries desk · independently researched, cross-checked and cited

What this is: a plain, honest reference to the woods we and our trade actually use — the veneers inside plywood, the hardwoods behind packing cases and pallets, and the commercial timbers of India. Each entry covers density, hardness, workability, durability, sustainability and real-world use, researched across multiple independent sources and cross-checked, with references on every page. The writing is our own.

Plywood veneer species

The face and core woods that plywood is peeled and bonded from.

Okoume

Aucoumea klaineana

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Gurjan / Keruing

Dipterocarpus spp.

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Rubberwood

Hevea brasiliensis

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus spp.

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Poplar

Populus spp.

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Birch

Betula spp.

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Meranti / Red Lauan

Shorea spp.

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Gmelina

Gmelina arborea

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Malabar Neem

Melia dubia

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Acacia (Mangium)

Acacia mangium

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Kadam

Neolamarckia cadamba

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Packing & pallet timbers

The solid woods that frame crates, cases and pallets.

Semul (Silk Cotton)

Bombax ceiba

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Jackwood

Artocarpus heterophyllus

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Mango

Mangifera indica

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Silver oak

Grevillea robusta

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Pine

Pinus spp.

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Pala (White Cheesewood)

Alstonia scholaris

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Irul (Pyinkado)

Xylia xylocarpa

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Matti (Indian Laurel)

Terminalia elliptica

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Anjili (Wild Jack)

Artocarpus hirsutus

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Subabul

Leucaena leucocephala

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Casuarina

Casuarina equisetifolia

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Indian commercial timbers

The furniture and joinery woods of the subcontinent.

Teak

Tectona grandis

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Sheesham

Dalbergia sissoo

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Sal

Shorea robusta

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Neem

Azadirachta indica

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Mahogany

Swietenia / Toona ciliata

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Venteak

Lagerstroemia microcarpa

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Every entry is researched from multiple independent sources — botanical databases, forest-products laboratories, the IUCN Red List and the timber trade — and the figures are cross-checked before we publish. Where sources disagree, we show the range. All writing is Cochin Wood Industries' own; sources are cited on each page. (Preview: cards link to local files; on publish they point to /blogs/post/<slug>.)

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