Bois de fer

Bois de fer est le nom donné à de nombreuses espèces d'arbres et à leur bois. Ces bois ne flottent pas, car leur densité est supérieure à 1000 kg/m³.

• le gaïac, bois produit par des arbres du genre Guaiacum :
• Guaiacum officinale, gaïac, bois de fer
• Guaiacum sanctum, gaïac, bois de fer
• Sideroxylon majus, bois de fer blanc
• Sideroxylon borbonica, bois de fer bâtard
• Argania spinosa, arganier, bois de fer
• Olneya tesota, palo fierro, bois de fer (Mexique et Sud-Ouest des États-Unis)
• Cordyla madagascariensis, anakaraka, bois de fer (Madagascar)
• Ostrya virginiana, bois de fer (Canada)
• Casuarina collina, bois de fer

• Astronium graveolens, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Caesalpinia ferrea,, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Caesalpinia leiostachya,, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Caesalpinia paraguariensis, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Connarus suberosus, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Machaerium scleroxylon, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Myracrodruon balansae, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Symplocos martinicensis, pao ferro (Brésil)
• Zollernia latifolia, pao ferro (Brésil)

Arbre de fer est le nom ou le surnom donné localement à diverses espèces d'arbres à travers le monde, notamment :

• Casuarina equisetifolia, filao, arbre de fer
• Parrotia persica, arbre de fer

• Acacia aulacocarpa, brush ironwood)
• Acacia estrophiolata, Southern ironwood (Australie)
• Acacia excelsa, ironwood
• Acacia melanoxylon, ironwood
• Acacia stenophylla, ironwood, Australia
• Aegiphila martinicensis, ironwood
• Afzelia africana, ironwood
• Androstachys johnsonii, Lebombo ironwood, Afrique du Sud-Est et Madagascar
• Allagoptera caudescens, black ironwood
• Borassus flabellifer, black ironwood
• Caryota urens, black ironwood
• Iriartea deltoidea, black Palm, Palmira wood, black ironwood
• Argania spinosa, Marocco ironwood,prickly ironwood
• Astronium fraxinifolium, ironwood
• Astronium urundeuva, ironwood
• Backhousia bancroftii, Bancroft's ironwood
• Backhousia citriodora, lLemon ironwood, nord-est de l' Australie
• Backhousia myrtifolia, Carrol ironwood, ironwood
• (Backhousia subargentea, giant ironwood, est de l'Australie
• Bridelia micrantha, Benin ironwood, Yoruba ironwood
• Bridelia atroviridis, Yoruba ironwood
• Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam, ironwood, blue-beech ironwood, smooth-barked ironwood (est de l'Amérique du Nord)
• Casuarinaceae, She-oaks in general, Southeast Asia (Australian ironwood)
• Allocasuarina luehmannii, ironwood (Asie du Sud-Est)
• Allocasuarina torulosa, ironwood (Asie du Sud-Est)
• Allocasuarina inophloia, ironwood (Asie du Sud-Est)
• Allocasuarina verticillata, long-leaved, longleaf ironwood, highland ironwood
• Casuarina cunninghamiana, small-cone ironwood, Australian coast ironwood, river-oak ironwood
• Casuarina equisetifolia toa, beach ironwood, coast ironwood, Pacific ironwood, Polynesian ironwood (Asie du Sud-Est, Australie)
• Casuarina cristata, ironwood
• Casuarina glauca, long-leaf ironwood, saltmarsh ironwood, blue ironwood
• Casuarina stricta, highland ironwood, fodder ironwood
• Casuarina junghuhniana, mountain Ironwood
• Cenostigma pluviosum, Bolivian ironwood
• Cercocarpus betuloides, mountain ironwood
• Chionanthus battiscombei , water pock ironwood, small-fruited ironwood
• Chionanthus caymanensis, ironwood, Cayman ironwood
• Chioanthus compactus, white ironwood
• Chionanthus panamensis, pine ridge ironwood
• Chionanthus ligustrinus, pine ridge ironwood
• Chionanthus peglerae, bastard black ironwood, giant pock ironwood, Pegler's bastard ironwood, large-leaved ironwood)
• Citharexylum flexuosum, 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 imerbe (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)
• Rhodamnia acuminata (Cooloola ironwood)
• Rhodomyrtus trineura var. canescens (Crater ironwood), Rhodomyrtus pervagata (Rusty ironwood)
• Rapanea melanophloeos (Laurel-leaved ironwood)
• Rauvolfia sandwicensis (Hawaiian ironwood)
• Reynosia septentrionalis (Red 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 verdugonianus or Mangkono (Philippine ironwood) endemic to the Philippines, 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)