Ironwood

Ironwood is a common name for many woods or plants that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is heavier than water (approximately 1000 kg/m3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may or may not indicate a tree that yields such heavy wood.

Some of the species with their common name

 * Acacia aulacocarpa (Brush ironwood)
 * Acacia estrophiolata (Southern ironwood), central Australia
 * Acacia excelsa (Ironwood)
 * Acacia melanoxylon (Ironwood)
 * Acacia stenophylla (Ironwood), Australia
 * Aegiphila martinicensis (Ironwood)
 * Afzelia africana (Ironwood)
 * Androstachys johnsonii (Lebombo ironwood), southeastern Africa and Madagascar
 * Allagoptera caudescens, Borassus flabellifer, Caryota urens, Iriartea deltoidea  Black Palm, Palmira wood (Black ironwood)
 * Argania spinosa (Morocco ironwood, Thorny, Prickly ironwood)
 * Astronium fraxinifolium, Astronium urundeuva (Ironwood)
 * Backhousia bancroftii (Bancroft's ironwood)
 * Backhousia citriodora (Lemon ironwood), northeastern Australia
 * Backhousia myrtifolia (Carrol ironwood, Ironwood)
 * (Backhousia subargentea Syn.: Choricarpia subargentea) (Giant ironwood), eastern Australia
 * Bridelia micrantha (Benin or Yoruba ironwood), Bridelia atroviridis (Yoruba ironwood)
 * Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam (Ironwood, Blue-beech ironwood, Smooth-barked ironwood), eastern North America
 * Casuarinaceae, She-oaks in general, Southeast Asia (Australian ironwood)
 * Allocasuarina spp.; Allocasuarina luehmannii, Allocasuarina torulosa, Allocasuarina inophloia (Ironwood), Allocasuarina verticillata (Long-leaved, Longleaf ironwood, Highland or Mountain ironwood)
 * Casuarina cunninghamiana (Small-cone ironwood, Australian coast ironwood, River-oak ironwood)
 * Casuarina equisetifolia Toa (Beach, Coast ironwood, Pacific, Sea, South Sea or Polynesian ironwood or Short-leaf and False ironwood, Lowland Ironwood), native from Burma south to Australia
 * Casuarina cristata (Ironwood)
 * Casuarina glauca (Long-leaf Ironwood, Saltmarsh Ironwood, Blue ironwood)
 * Casuarina stricta (Highland ironwood, Fodder ironwood)
 * Casuarina junghuhniana (Mountain Ironwood)
 * (Cenostigma pluviosum Syn.: Caesalpinia pluviosa) (Bolivian ironwood)
 * Cercocarpus spp. (Ironwood), Cercocarpus betuloides (Mountain ironwood)
 * Chionanthus battiscombei  (Water pock ironwood, Small-fruited ironwood, Water Ornate-leaf(ved) ironwood)
 * Chionanthus caymanensis (Ironwood, Cayman ironwood)
 * Chioanthus compactus (White ironwood)
 * Chionanthus panamensis, Chionanthus ligustrinus (Pine ridge ironwood)
 * Chionanthus peglerae (Bastard black ironwood or Giant pock ironwood and Pegler's bastard ironwood, Large-leaved ironwood)
 * (Citharexylum flexuosum Syn.: Citharexylum spinosum) (White ironwood)
 * Cliftonia monophylla (Ironwood)
 * Coccoloba pubescens (Broad-leaved ironwood)
 * Colophospermum mopane (Black ironwood, Rhodesian ironwood)
 * Colubrina elliptica (Ironwood, Martinique ironwood), Colubrina arborescens (West Indian ironwood)
 * Combretum imberbe (Ironwood)
 * Cordia subcordata (Ironwood)
 * Cossinia pinnata (Judas ironwood)
 * Cryptocarya lauriflora (Borneo ironwood), Cryptocarya ferrea (Java ironwood)
 * Cynometra alexandri (Uganda ironwood), central and east Africa
 * Cyrilla racemiflora (Ironwood, Swamp ironwood)
 * Dalbergia melanoxylon (African ironwood)
 * Dialium guianense (Ironwood)
 * Diploglottis australis Syn.: Diploglottis cunninghamii) (Australian, New Holland ironwood)
 * Distylium racemosum (Japanese ironwood)
 * Drypetes gerrardii (Bastard white ironwood, Forest ironwood)
 * Erythrophleum chlorostachys Steelwood (Cooktown ironwood, Red or Northern ironwood, Leguminous ironwood, Poisonous ironwood), native to northern Australia
 * Erythroxylum areolatum (Cartagena ironwood, Jamaica ironwood)
 * Eucalyptus spp. (Australian ironwood)
 * Eugenia confusa (Red berry ironwood, Tropical ironwood)
 * Eusideroxylon zwageri (Borneo ironwood, Chinese ironwood, Real or True ironwood), southeast Asia
 * Exostema caribaeum (Bastard ironwood)
 * Exothea paniculata (Ironwood)
 * Fagraea fragrans (Sumatra or Java ironwood)
 * Fagara lentiscifolia (Bastard ironwood)
 * Forestiera pubescens (Ironwood)
 * Forestiera pubescens var. parvifolia (New Mexican ironwood)
 * Genipa americana (Brazilian ironwood)
 * Gordonia haematoxylon (Ironwood)
 * Gossia bidwillii (Smooth-barked ironwood, Scrub ironwood), Gossia acmenoides  (Scrub ironwood), Gossia dulcis (Ironwood), Gossia floribunda (Cape ironwood), Gossia myrsinocarpa (Malanada ironwood)
 * Gymnanthes lucida (Narrow-leaf ironwood)
 * (Gymnostoma nodiflorum Syn.: Casuarina nodiflora ) (Knot-flowered ironwood)
 * (Gymnostoma papuanum Syn.: Casuarina papuana) (Papuan ironwood)
 * (Gymnostoma sumatranum Syn.: Casuarina sumatrana) (Ironwood)
 * Handroanthus spp. formerly Tabebuia spp.; Handroanthus heptaphyllus, Handroanthus serratifolius etc., Ipê, Brazilian walnut, Lapacho, Yellow poui (Ironwood)
 * Heritiera trifoliolata Black stavewood, Heritiera actinophylla Stavewood (Ironwood)
 * Holodiscus discolor Oceanspray (Ironwood), western North America
 * Homalium dentatum, Homalium letestui (Brown ironwood), Homalium rufescens (Small-leaved brown ironwood), Homalium abdessammadii (Zambezi brown ironwood)
 * Hopea odorata, Hopea parviflora (Malabar, Ceylon ironwood)
 * Hypelate trifoliata (White ironwood)
 * Ilex mitis (Lance-leaved ironwood, Smooth or Mild, Unarmed ironwood)
 * Inhambanella henriquesii (Rock, Water or Small ironwood)
 * Intsia bijuga, Intsia palembanica (Moluccan, Madagascar ironwood)
 * Ixora ferrea (Ironwood, West Indian ironwood, Martinique ironwood, Red ironwood, Three-flowered ironwood)
 * Jacquinia keyensis (Ironwood)
 * Krugiodendron ferreum (Black ironwood, Caribbean or Guadeloupe ironwood), Caribbean
 * (Libidibia ferrea Syn.: 'Caesalpinia ferrea'') (Brazilian ironwood), Brazil
 * Lignum vitae; Guaiacum officinale, Guaiacum sanctum and Argentine, Paraguay Lignum Vitae, Verawood Bulnesia arborea also als Maracaibo Lignum Vitae and Bulnesia sarmientoi (Ironwood)
 * Lophira alata (West African ironwood, (Small) Red ironwood, Dwarf (red) ironwood, Dryzone (red) ironwood), western and central Africa
 * Lophira lanceolata ((Dwarf) Red ironwood)
 * Lyonothamnus floribundus (Catalina or Western ironwood, Island or Santa Cruz (Island) Ironwood, Lyon's Ironwood or Fern-leaved ironwood), in the rose family, Channel Islands of California
 * Manilkara hexandra (Ceylon ironwood)
 * Manilkara kauki (Moluccan ironwood)
 * Mesua ferrea (Sri Lankan or Ceylon and Assam ironwood, East Indian Ironwood), southern and southeastern Asia
 * Metrosideros spp. all Species (Ironwood), Metrosideros umbellata (New Zealand Ironwood), Metrosideros kermadecensis (Real or True ironwood)
 * Millettia grandis (Kafir ironwood)
 * Minquartia guianensis (Ironwood)
 * Mouriri myrtilloides (Small-leaved ironwood)
 * Myoporum obscurum (Bastard ironwood)
 * Myracrodruon urundeuva (Ironwood)
 * Nestegis apetala (Bastard ironwood), New Zealand and Norfolk Island
 * Notelaea ligustrina (Tasmanian ironwood, New-South-Wales ironwood)
 * Notelaea longifolia (Norfolk-Island ironwood)
 * (Noronhia foveolata Syn.: Chionanthus foveolatus) (Pock ironwood, Bastard ironwood or Cape pock ironwood, Bastard, Forest pock ironwood, Ornate-leaf(ved), Fine-leaved ironwood) native to southern Africa
 * Ochna holstii (Red ironwood)
 * Oldfieldia africana (West African ironwood)
 * Olea capensis (Bastard Black, Forest, Bushveld or False, Bastard ironwood, South African ironwood, Small and Olive ironwood, East African ironwood), Africa
 * Olea woodiana (Black ironwood), eastern and southern Africa
 * Olinia ventosa (Sproutful ironwood)
 * Olneya tesota (desert ironwood, Arizona or Sonora ironwood, Mexican ironwood)
 * Ostrya knowltonii Knowlton's or Western hophornbeam (Canyon ironwood, Western Ironwood)
 * Ostrya virginiana Hophornbeam, (North-American, American ironwood, Canadian ironwood, Rough-barked ironwood, Eastern ironwood)
 * Palicourea cardiomorpha subsp. cardiomorpha (Panicled-flowered ironwood)
 * Parrotia persica (Persian ironwood, Transcaucasian ironwood)
 * Parrotia subaequalis (Chinese ironwood)
 * Paubrasilia echinata (Ironwood)
 * Peltophorum rufum (Cochinchina ironwood)
 * Pemphis acidula (Maldivian ironwood)
 * Picrodendron baccatum (Black ironwood)
 * Planchonella costata (Bastard ironwood)
 * Planchonella obovata (Silvery ironwood, Obovate ironwood)
 * Prosopis juliflora, Prosopis glandulosa (Texas ironwood), Prosopis kuntzei, Prosopis africana (Ironwood) Mesquite
 * Prunus africana (Ironwood)
 * Quebracho Schinopsis spp.; Schinopsis brasiliensis, Schinopsis balansae, Schinopsis lorentzii and Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco (Ironwood)
 * Rapanea melanophloeos (Laurel-leaved ironwood)
 * Rauvolfia sandwicensis (Hawaiian ironwood)
 * Reynosia septentrionalis, Reynosa latifolia (Red ironwood)
 * Rhodamnia acuminata (Cooloola ironwood)
 * Rhodomyrtus trineura var. canescens (Crater ironwood), Rhodomyrtus pervagata (Rusty ironwood)
 * Rothmannia capensis (Black ironwood, Cape of Good Hope ironwood)
 * Schleichera oleosa (Ironwood)
 * Senegalia intsia (Indian ironwood)
 * Senegalia muricata (Ironwood)
 * Senegalia tenuifolia (Antillean ironwood)
 * Senna siamea (Indonesian or Indian ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon spp. (Ironwood);
 * Sideroxylon inerme (Smooth or White ironwood, Broad-leaved, Unarmed ironwood, Cape or East African ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon lanuginosum or Gum bully (Ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon lycioides (American ironwood, Canada thorny ironwood, Willow-leaved, Boxthorn-leaved ironwood, Ten-threaded, Decandrous ironwood, Bumelia ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon tenax (Silky(-leaved) ironwood, Silvery-leaved ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon celastrinum (Ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon cinereum (White ironwood, Bourbon or Mauritius ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon foetidissimum (Opposite-leaved ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon lanuginosum (Woolly-leaved ironwood)
 * Sideroxylon reclinatum (Reclined ironwood)
 * Sloanea dentata (Black ironwood, Broad-leaf ironwood)
 * Sloanea jamaicensis, Sloanea sinemariensis (Ironwood)
 * Stadmania spp. (Ironwood, Bois de fer, Mauritius ironwood), Stadmania oppositifolia (Bourbon ironwood)
 * Swartzia spp.; Swartzia tomentosa (Cayenne ironwood), Swartzia bannia, Swartzia bidentata, Swartzia leiocalycina, Swartzia ingifolia, Swartzia grandifolia, Swartzia panacoco (Guiana ironwood) etc. (Ironwood,  South American ironwood, Suriname ironwood)
 * Terminalia canescens (Ironwood)
 * Tetragastris balsamifera (West Indian ironwood)
 * Thouinia striata (Ironwood, Quebracho)
 * Trichilia hirta (Bastard ironwood)
 * Tristaniopsis laurina (Canungra ironwood)
 * Vachellia farnesiana (Ironwood)
 * Vepris lanceolata (White ironwood), Vepris reflexa (Woodland white ironwood, Bushveld white ironwood, Drooping or Rock white ironwood), Vepris undulata (White ironwood), Vepris carringtoniana (Coastal white ironwood, Wing-leaved white ironwood), Vepris zambesiaca (Rare white ironwood), Vepris termitaria (Riverine white ironwood) native to South Africa
 * Vernonia angustifolia (Narrow-leaf ironwood)
 * Vernonia gigantea (Oval-leaved ironwood)
 * Xanthostemon species collectively known as "Philippine ironwood", all endemic to the Philippines
 * Xanthostemon bracteatus (Mapilig)
 * Xanthostemon fruticosus (Sierra Madre mangkono)
 * Xanthostemon philippinensis (Bagoadlau)
 * Xanthostemon verdugonianus (Mangkono)
 * Xanthostemon speciosus (Palawan mangkono)


 * Xanthostemon verus (Asian or Moluccan, Real or True ironwood)
 * Xantolis tomentosa (Armed ironwood, Felty, Woolly, Downy-leaved ironwood)
 * Xylia xylocarpa (Burma ironwood or Myanmar ironwood)
 * Zanthoxylum fagara (Bastard, False ironwood, Yellow ironwood, Jamaica, Brazilian ironwood, Intended-leaved American ironwood)
 * Zanthoxylum piperitum (Crenated-leaved ironwood)
 * Zanthoxylum tragodes (Prickly-leaved American ironwood)
 * Zapoteca tetragona (Antillean ironwood)