Wenge is a dense, dark, and attractive hardwood known for its distinctive appearance featuring a dark brown heartwood with black veins and white lines. It's a popular choice for furniture, flooring, and other woodworking projects due to its strength and unique aesthetic. While it can be difficult to work with due to its coarse texture and splintering nature, wenge's durability and striking appearance make it a sought-after material. 

Teak is originally golden in colour and has a smooth grain and texture. It's high in natural oils and rubber, meaning it's strong, durable, and virtually impervious to extreme weather conditions and rotting, even if left untreated.

Tali is a hardwood species indigenous to tropical Africa, known for its dense and durable fibre. The heartwood exhibits a rich reddish-brown colour, and is prized for resilience in commercial and marine applications.

Sapele (Entandrophragma cylindricum) is a hardwood native to tropical Africa, often marketed as a substitute for mahogany due to its similar appearance and characteristics. It's known for its fine, even grain, and a rich, dark reddish-brown color that deepens with age. Sapele is a versatile wood, popular for both interior and exterior millwork, including doors, windows, cabinetry, and furniture.

Okoumé timber is a very light to light exotic wood, very soft to soft, with a light red to red-brown appearance that darkens with age. Sensitive to termites and not very durable against fungi, it offers good resistance to dry wood insects, against which it is not necessary to treat Okoumé timber.

Okan wood originates from Tropical West Africa. The heartwood of Okan is yellow to golden brown with a more or less light to dark olive green hue, which becomes reddish brown under the influence of sunlight. It sometimes has a deep coppery glow.