Pointu comme question… Je t'ai trouvé ça :
African Blackwood > Grenadille d'Afrique
Alder > aulne
Ash > frêne
Basswood > Tilleul Américain
Birch > Bouleau
Birdseye maple > érable moucheté (ou érable piqué ou érable moiré)
Blistered maple > Érable pommelé
Boxwood > Buis
Cherry wood > cerisier
Curly maple > érable ondé
Ebony > ébène
Figured maple > Érable figuré
Flammed maple > Érable flammé
Iron wood > Gaiac ou Lignum vitae
Kingwood > Bois de violetteLaminate > assemblage collé de bois selon le même fil (ex. manche composite en érable et ébène)
Mahogany > acajou
Maple > érable
Plywood > contreplaqué (composé de plis croisés)
Purpleheart > Amarante
Red Cedar > cèdre rouge
Rosewood > palissandreSnakewood > Amourette
Solid > massif (opposé à plywood et laminate)
Spruce > épicéa
Tulipwood > Bois de roseWalnut > Noyer
Yew > If
http://www.luthier-amateur.org/lexiq.php
Telling Brazilian Rosewood apart from other common substitutes:Non-Dalbergias: Use scent to rule out most non-Dalbergia species. (Scents are difficult to describe in words, but certainly no scent at all would be a negative sign.)
East Indian Rosewood: Pore density; water extract fluorescence
Amazon Rosewood: Density—Amazon Rosewood tends to sink in water; water extract fluorescence
Madagascar Rosewood: Water extract fluorescence
Cocobolo: Density—Cocobolo tends to sink in water; water extract fluorescence
Kingwood: Density—Kingwood tends to sink in water; pore size—Kingwood’s pores tend to be smaller; water extract fluorescence
Honduran Rosewood: Density—Honduran Rosewood may not sink in water, but it is roughly 20% heavier; pore size—Honduran Rosewood has slightly varying sizes of pores (ranging from medium-small to large); water extract fluorescence
http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/distinguishing-brazilian-rosewood-from-east-indian-and-other-rosewoods/
… ainsi que notre ami Wiki bien sûr :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palissandre
(en comparant les deux versions US/français tu y verras peut-être un peu plus clair)