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Obeche is a good cabinet wood that is also known as Ayous, Samba, Arere, Wana and Abachi Soft textured and white in color. Obeche is easy to work and glues well. It is sometimes called White Mahogany, but it is not in the Mahogany family.

Hogan Hardwoods International imports Obeche directly from sawmills in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Cameroun.

The word "Pecan" in the lumber industry may mean any of, or all, of the four different species listed in the Botanical Names section. Pecan belongs to the same botanical family as Walnut and the wood possesses a similar grain appearance. However, Pecan has its own distinctive merits and is marketed under its own name.

One of the most common misunderstandings with regard to Pecan lumber is that it is sawn from old, over-mature Pecan orchards. Another misconception is that lumbermen are cutting valuable, nutbearing trees and thus endangering the future supply of Pecan nuts. The fact is that the Pecan nut crop is harvested from grafted hybrid trees, such trees having originated in nurseries, like Apple trees, and wild Pecan trees of the forest produce a nut that is edible but bitter-in-taste and of little or no commercial value.

The National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) grading rule book states:

"A NHLA inspector will not make a distinction in the specie between Hickory and Pecan."

Ponderosa Pine is often referred to as White Pine. This distinction is incorrect as Ponderosa Pine in the botanical sense, is a Western Yellow Pine. Ponderosa Pine is white in color, machines easily and once was the most important species in the United States for manufacturing sash and wood doors. Note: S4S Softwoods are piece tallied and not measured with a board rule.