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Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart By Common/Trade Name
692 Woods Listed Alphabetically F -M By Common/Trade Name
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I created this Janka Hardness Scale/Chart because in my own experiences of searching for the Janka Hardness of different woods it took some time of searching through books, documents, papers and on the WWW to find the information. Also the hardness was different from different sources, the botanical/scientific names were only partially listed, not listed at all or in some instances incorrect. I thought it would be nice to have them all listed in one spot and as correct as possible.
This is an ongoing work in progress! There are already countless hours of research that have gone into the 9 pages to get the results as accurate as possible. I still have several woods to research and add. The world's top 125 known softest and hardest woods lists may have minor changes made to them from time to time. I will be updating the page frequently. I hope the information will be of value and helpful to others.
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Links To Other Janka Hardness Scale/Chart Pages Alphabetically Botanical/Scientific Name Alphabetically Common/Trade Name Numerically Softest To Hardest
Somewhat Hard
Hardness Level Of 4 = 901 - 1200
Hardness Level Of 5 = 1201 - 1500
Moderately Hard
Hardness Level Of 6 = 1501 - 1800
Hardness Level Of 7 = 1801 - 2100
Hard
Hardness Level Of 8 = 2101 - 2400
Hardness Level Of 9 = 2401 - 2700
Very Hard
Hardness Level Of 10 = 2701 - 3000
Hardness Level Of 11 = 3001 - 3300
Real Hard
Hardness Level Of 12 = 3301 - 3600
Hardness Level Of 13 = 3601 - 3900
Extremely Hard
Hardness Level Of 14 = 3901 - 4200
Hardness Level Of 15 = 4201 - 4500
Extraordinarily Hard
Hardness Level Of 16 = 4501 - 4800
Hardness Level Of 17 = 4801 - 5100
Converter: Pounds Of Force To Kilograms Of Force, Kilonewtons & Newtons
To use converter, type in a number in the top Pounds Force {lbf} box. All numbers are in pounds of force {lbf} on this page. The converted result will automatically appear in the Kilograms Force {kgf} box, Kilonewtons {kN} box and the Newtons {N} box.
Common/Trade Name******Botanical/Scientific Name******Janka Hardness In Pounds Of Force {lbf}
******Fa - Fir Douglas United States West Interior****** 18
Fantsinakoko {Humbertia madagascariensis} 3310
Fava Bolota {Parkia gigantocarpa} 530
Fava Branca {Stryphnodendron pulcherrimum} 1640
Faveira {Parkia multijuga} 900
Faveira - Nato {Mora gonggrijpii} 2300
Faveira Amargosa {Vatairea guianensis} 1650
Featherweight Tree {Schinziophyton rautanenii} 140
Fiddlewood {Vitex gaumeri} 1160
Fig {Ficus eugeniodes} 770
Fig Cape {Ficus sur} 260
Fig Green Leaved Moreton Bay {Ficus watkinsiana} 1030
Figueira Purgante {Ficus insipida} 470
Fir Balsam {Abies balsamea} 400
Fir California Red {Abies magnifica} 500
Fir Douglas United States Coast {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 710
Fir Douglas United States North Interior {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 600
Fir Douglas United States South Interior {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 510
Fir Douglas United States West Interior {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 660
******Fir Douglas Australian Grown****** 22
Fir Douglas Australian Grown {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 700
Fir Douglas Canadian Grown {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 670
Fir Douglas Canadian Coast Grown {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 720
Fir Douglas Great Britain Grown {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 760
Fir Douglas New Zealand Grown {Pseudotsuga menziesii} 740
Fir European Silver {Abies alba} 320
Fir Grand {Abies grandis} 490
Fir Noble {Abies procera} 410
Fir Pacific Silver {Abies amabilis} 430
Fir Subalpine {Abies lasiocarpa} 350
Fir White {Abies concolor} 480
Fish Poison Wood {Piscidia piscipula} 2630
Flamewood {Dalbergia cochinchinensis} 2260
Flamewood - Palo Rosa {Aspidosperma peroba} 1730
Flintbark {Diospyros sanza-minika} 2940
Flor Azul {Vitex kuylenii} 960
Foengoe {Parinari rodolphii} 1830
Forest Ordeal Tree {Erythrophleum suaveolens} 2920
Freijo {Cordia goeldiana} 1010
Frijolillo {Pseudosamanea guachapele} 1040
Fustic Old {Maclura tinctoria} 2570
Fustic Zante {Chloroxylon swietenia} 2600
The 3 below common/trade names are for the same tree species. From the exterior all the trees look exactly the same but when they are actually harvested, they have different colored wood/lumber/timber and are so named.
Hormigo - Light - Medium Brown - {Platymiscium dimorphandrun} 1390
Hormigo Negro - Dark Reddish Brown - Brownish Black - {Platymiscium dimorphandrum} 1390
& Hormigo Rojo - Light - Dark Red - {Platymiscium dimorphandrum} 1390
Ironwood - It is not a species of tree/wood, it is actually a slang term given to species of trees that have the hardest wood of an area, region or country. There are a number of species of wood/lumber/timber in the world that are referred to or have Ironwood in one of their common/trade names.
Converter: Pounds Of Force To Kilograms Of Force, Kilonewtons & Newtons
To use converter, type in a number in the top Pounds Force {lbf} box. All numbers are in pounds of force {lbf} on this page. The converted result will automatically appear in the Kilograms Force {kgf} box, Kilonewtons {kN} box and the Newtons {N} box.
Leopard Tree {Caesalpinia ferrea} 3140
Leopardwood Australian {Flindersia maculosa} 2920
Leopardwood - Lacewood {Panopsis rubellens} 840
Leopardwood - Snakewood {Piratinera guianensis} 3800
Lignum Vitae {Guaiacum officinale} 4500
Lignum Vitae Argentine {Bulnesia sarmientoi} 4200
Lignum Vitae Maracaibo {Bulnesia arboria} 4200
Lignum Vitae Paraguayan {Bulnesia sarmientoi} 4200
Lignum Vitae Philippine {Xanthostemon verdugonianus} 4450
Lignum Vitae - Holywood {Guaiacum sanctum} 4250
Limba Black - Dark {Terminalia superba} 730
Limba White - Light {Terminalia superba} 730
Limbali {Gilbertiodendron dewevrei} 1660
Lime American {Tilia americana} 410
Lime European {Tilia vulgaris} 700
Linden {Tilia vulgaris} 700
Linden American {Tilia americana} 410
Lingue {Persea lingue} 940
Locust Bastard {Lonchocarpus hedyosmus} 2320
Locust Black {Robinia pseudoacacia} 1710
Locust Honey {Gleditsia triacanthos} 1580
Looking Glass Tree {Heritiera littoralis} 1710
Louro Faia {Roupala montana} 2150
Louro Mamorim {Ocotea barcellensis} 1210
Louro Preto {Ocotea neesiana} 1110
Louro Red {Sextonia rubra} 660
Louro Vermelho {Sextonia rubra} 660
Lovoa {Lovoa trichilioides} 940
Lovu Lovu {Cordia caffra} 2320
Lunga {Polyscias ferruginea} 320
Lupuna {Ceiba samauma} 850
Lyptus - It is a hybrid tree species between {Eucalyptus grandis} & {Eucalyptus urophylla}. It comes in two colors pink and red. The pink is softer and lighter in weight than the red. Lyptus Pink {Eucalyptus urograndis} 1420 Lyptus Red {Eucalyptus urograndis} 1800
Maple Black {Acer nigrum} 1180
Maple Boxelder {Acer negundo} 720
Maple Brazilian {Balfourodendron riedelianum} 1500
Maple Curly {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple European {Acer pseudoplatanus} 1050
Maple Fiddleback {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple Flame {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple Hard {Acer saccharum} 1440
Maple Hard Country {Acer saccharum} 1440
Maple Pacific Coast Figured {Acer macrophyllum} 850
Maple Patagonian {Balfourodendron riedelianum} 1500
Maple Peruvian {Aspidosperma macrocarpon} 1630
Maple Queensland {Flindersia brayleyana} 720
Maple Quilted {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple Red {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple Rock {Acer saccharum} 1440
Maple Rose {Cryptocarya erythroxylon} 1800
Maple Silkwood {Flindersia pimenteliana} 1030
Maple Silver {Acer saccharinum} 700
Maple Soft {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple Sugar {Acer saccharum} 1440
Maple Sycamore {Acer pseudoplatanus} 1050
Maple Tiger {Acer rubrum} 940
Maple Wormy {Acer rubrum} 940
Maragoncalo {Pouteria obscura} 2260
Marapolan {Guarea grandifolia} 1120
Marble Tree Blue {Elaeocarpus grandis} 630
Marblewood {Marmaroxylon racemosum} 3350
Marblewood Andaman {Diospyros marmorata} 2530
Maria Preta {Zizyphus itacaiunensis} 3680
Converter: Pounds Of Force To Kilograms Of Force, Kilonewtons & Newtons
To use converter, type in a number in the top Pounds Force {lbf} box. All numbers are in pounds of force {lbf} on this page. The converted result will automatically appear in the Kilograms Force {kgf} box, Kilonewtons {kN} box and the Newtons {N} box.
Links To Other Janka Hardness Scale/Chart Pages Alphabetically Botanical/Scientific Name Alphabetically Common/Trade Name Numerically Softest To Hardest
35 Little Known Wood Species Center Utilization & Products Forest Foundation {CUPROFOR} Republic Of Honduras, Central America
Amazonian Center For Forest Enterprise Development {CADEFOR} Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Basic Density Of Wood By Species - 1996 National Institute For Research In The Amazon {INPA} Philip M. Fearnside Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Balsa Species Information MultiForestal - La Chorrera, Panama - Republic Of Panama
Common & Botanical Names Of Woods Original Approach, LLC - Windsor, Colorado, United States
Complete Index Of Common Names - 1989 Supplement To Tropical Timbers Of The World Nancy Ross
Database Of Australian Aboriginal Timbers Johan Kamminga - 2002 Australian Institute Of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies {AIATSIS} Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Database Of Brazilian Woods Brazilian Institute Of Environment & Renewable Natural Resources {IBAMA} Brasília, Brazil
Density {Kg/m3} Of Woods By Common Name Institute National Of Technology Industrial {INTI} Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elsevier's Dictionary Of Trees - 2005 Miroslav M. Grandtner Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Gottstein Fellowship Report - 2007 Evaluation Of Australian Timbers For Use In Musical Instruments Andrew Morrow - Clayton South, Victoria, Australia
Guide To Irish Hardwoods - 2004 National Council For Forest Research & Development {COFORD} Gordon Knaggs & Stella Xenopoulou Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
H. G. Richter & M. J. Dallwitz Commercial Timber Descriptions & Information In English, French, German, Portuguese & Spanish - June 2009
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
Lesser Known Timber Species Of Vietnam Vietnamese - German Forestry Program Tay Ho District - Hanoi, Vietnam
MADERASUDAMERICA Trade Office In Tropical Timber Technical Data Sheets San Adrian, Navarra, Spain
Mechanical Properties Of Bamboos - 2003 Aerospace Engineering Department Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Mechanical Strength Properties Of 10 Ghanaian Lesser Used Species - 2009 Forestry Research Institute Of Ghana Council For Scientific & Industrial Research Kumasi, Ghana West Africa
Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database {MMPND} The University Of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Present & Potential Commercial Timbers Of The Caribbean - 1962 With Special Reference To The West Indies, The Guianas & British Honduras U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station Franklin R. Longwood - Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, United States
Properties Of African Woods - Brenco Exotic Woods Hammond, Indiana, United States
Properties Of Cocowood - 2010 Australian Centre For International Agricultural Research {ACIAR} Bruce ACT, Australia & Department Of Employment, Economic Development & Innovation {DEEDI} Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Properties Of Imported Tropical Woods - 1969 U.S. Department Of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory Madison, Wisconsin, United States
PROSEA - Plant Resources Of South East Asia Juanda, Bogor, Indonesia
Prospect - The Wood Database - Version 2.1 - 1996 Developed To Encourage The Sustainable Use Of The World's Timber Species World Conservation Monitoring Centre {WCMC} Cambridge, United Kingdom
PROTA - Plant Resources Of Tropical Africa Wageningen, Netherlands
Solomon Island Timber Species Papua New Guinea Forest Industries Association Inc Waigani, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea
South American Hardwoods Tree & Wood Characteristics Beach Shack - Island Harbour, Anguilla, British West Indies
TAXA Wood Knowledge Base Bill Mudry - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Technical Data Sheet - Species, Properties & Uses - 2004 Timber Queensland Limited Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Book Of Wood Names - 2000 Dr. Hans Meyer
The Plant List
The Wood Explorer CD - Version 2.0 - 2006 New York City, New York, United States
The Woods Of Liberia - 1959 U.S. Department Of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory Botanist - Jeannette M. Kyrn Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Timberexchange B.V. Wood Species Vught, Netherlands
Timber Hardness & Durability Timber Merchants Association {TMA} Blackburn, Victoria, Australia
Timber Species & Properties - 2004 National Association Of Forest Industries - Australia Deakin West, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
TROPIX - Version 6.0 - 2008 Tropical Wood Production & Processing Research Unit Main Characteristics Of 245 Tropical & Temperate Species By Cirad - Montpellier, France
Wood Basic Densities Of Tropical Tree Species - 1992 U.S. Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station & Institute Of Tropical Forestry Gisel Reyes, Sandra Brown, Jonathan Chapman & Ariel E. Lugo New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Wood Flooring International {WFI} - Species List Pennsauken, New Jersey, United States
Wood Properties Technical Sheets - Tropical Hardwoods U.S. Department Of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Wood Species Density Database World Agroforestry Centre Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
Wood Testing Program 1971 The Wood Technology Laboratory Luis Llach Cordero Turrialba, Costa Rica
Woods From Peru - A Catalog Of Peru's Lesser Known Timber Species World Wildlife Fund {WWF} - Lima, Peru & Global Forest & Trade Network {GFTN} - Washington DC, United States
World Dictionary Of Trees - 2004 Wood & Forest Sciences Department Miroslav M. Grandtner Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
World Of Wood {WOW} Magazines Published By The International Wood Collectors Society {IWCS}
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