China is the largest consumer of tropical woods in the world.
At $7 to $8 a board foot (144 cubic inches), wenge is no more expensive than other tropical woods.
Peril took the lead as she headed deeper into the tropical woods.
But conservationists argued that the city was striking a fool's bargain by using tropical wood.
The main early export was tropical woods such as cedar, oak, walnut and others.
The walls were a dark tropical wood polished to a high gloss.
Here the English continued the illegal harvest of tropical woods, especially logwood.
Demand for tropical wood, despite all campaigns, remains high.
Made of tropical woods, the pieces look like three brothers who dress differently.
It also grows much faster than most tropical wood.