Tropical and exotic hardwoods **tzalam**: durable and richly colored. **machiche**: strong and pest resistant. **chechen**: hard and visually striking. **parota**: ideal for making slabs for tables, conference rooms, and staircases. suitable for dining slabs and high end office furniture. **pucte**: dense and stable. **zapote**: aesthetic and workable. **granadillo**: veneer quality, logs available 35 cm++ x 3.5 m long and longer. **lignum vitae**: extremely hard, used for making billiard cues, virtually indestructible flooring, boat bearings, turbine bearings for power generation, and other high durability applications. **katalox**: deep color and strength. **chactekok**: red hard color and unique grain. **chacteviga**: resilient with distinctive orange color..