Density-wise. Like if you were to make a battering ram what would be the damn strongest would ever?
2007-02-13 11:42:00 · 6 answers · asked by jeffmatches 2 in Environment
iron wood and it comes from tropical Africa
2007-02-16 20:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Others might be right but my vote goes to Bios De Arc wood. Also known as the horse apple tree or the Osage orange. I've also heard folks that have tried to chop or saw one down call it, among the nicer things, living steal. When it's dead and cured it's even harder. Probably why they used to make bows out of it. That's why it's called Bios De Arc. Or as we say here in Texas "bodark".
2007-02-14 03:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by Sulkahlee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The heaviest and the hardest wood in the world is Snakewood {Piratinera guianensis}. It's specific gravity averages 1.30.
2007-02-13 19:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if everyone calculates wood hardness the same way, but within the flooring industry, ironwood (Lignum Vitae) has the highest hardness rating, and Snakewood has the second highest rating.
2007-02-14 14:09:40 · answer #4 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
probably wood that we dont know about and other people do stuff that we think has not been discovered but the local people there knew about it all along
2007-02-13 19:50:41 · answer #5 · answered by peter w 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tricked question... it's petrified wood of course!
2007-02-13 19:51:03 · answer #6 · answered by MaRTIN 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋