All plant species
8 species
ENBurmese padauk
Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz
Fabaceae family
Burmese padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus) is a prized red-wood tree of Southeast Asia's deciduous forests, yielding fragrant, beautifully figured timber for fine furniture and craftwork.
ENBurmese rosewood
Dalbergia oliveri Gamble ex Prain
Fabaceae family
Red sandalwood belongs to the Dalbergia genus, prized for its reddish-brown grain, high durability and faint fragrance, used in fine furniture and instruments.
CRCochinchina rosewood
Dalbergia cochinchinensis Pierre ex Laness.
Fabaceae family
Cochinchina rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) is a highly prized rosewood with dense, dark-red, fine-grained timber; illegal harvesting has driven it to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
VUFujian cypress
Fokienia hodginsii (Dunn) A.Henry & H.H.Thomas
Cupressaceae family
Fokienia hodginsii (Fujian cypress) is a prized cupressaceous conifer with light, fine-grained, aromatic, durable and termite-resistant wood, growing in humid montane closed evergreen forest in South-East Asia and southern China. It is an evergreen tree 20–30 m tall with a trunk that can exceed 1 m across and a conical crown; the scale-like leaves are aromatic when crushed. It is the sole species of its genus and a living relic of the Tertiary, ranging from China through Vietnam and Laos to Thailand and Myanmar. Over-exploitation of its timber led IUCN to list it as Vulnerable (VU).
ENLim
Erythrophleum fordii Oliv.
Fabaceae family
Lim (Erythrophleum fordii) is a valuable timber tree of southern China and Vietnamese tropical forests, yielding hard, durable, close-grained wood for pillars, bridges and boat building.
VUMerkus pine
Pinus merkusii Jungh. & de Vriese
Pinaceae family
Pinus merkusii (Merkus pine), also called Sumatran or Tenasserim pine, is a two-needled pine ranging from Myanmar and Thailand through Laos and Vietnam to Sumatra (Indonesia) — the only pine whose natural populations lie entirely south of the equator. It grows 20–40 m tall, has fire-resistant thick bark and forms open forests on poor soils. It yields resin rich in α-pinene and β-pinene, distilled into turpentine and rosin for paints, adhesives and paper, and its wood is used for poles, boards and pulp. IUCN lists it as Vulnerable (VU).
VUTakian
Hopea odorata Roxb.
Dipterocarpaceae family
Takian (Hopea odorata) is a large dipterocarp of Southeast Asian tropical forests, yielding hard, durable timber for boats, bridges and flooring, as well as dammar resin.
VUWinged dipterocarp
Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ex G.Don
Dipterocarpaceae family
Winged dipterocarp (Dipterocarpus alatus) is a tall tree of the Mekong Delta's seasonal forests, yielding durable construction timber and oleoresin ('hard oil') used for varnish and caulking boats.