Here in Brasil we call Ironwood ( Pau Ferro) only one, just like this one of Anthony show us.
At list in Brasilia and region, Brasil is too big, maybe somewere else they know another trees as Ironwood
Caesalpinia leiostachya
Apparently Anthony's and David's goes by the latin Libidibia ferrea now.
A quick search turned up that, "the Stevie Ray Vaughan model Signature Fender Stratocaster comes with a pau ferro fingerboard." So it has to be an awesome tree!
Ironwood is a common name for a large number of woods that have a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. Some of the species involved are:
Acacia estrophiolata (Southern ironwood), central Australia[1]
Acacia stenophylla (Ironwood), Australia
Androstachys johnsonii (Lebombo ironwood), southeastern Africa and Madagascar[2]
Backhousia subargentea (Giant ironwood), eastern Australia[3]
Carpinus caroliniana (American hornbeam), eastern North America[4]
Casuarinaceae, she-oaks in general, Southeast Asia
Casuarina equisetifolia (Beach ironwood), native from Burma south to Australia[5]
Chionanthus foveolatus (Pock ironwood), native to southern Africa[6]
Cynometra alexandri (Uganda ironwood), central and east Africa[7]
Erythrophleum chlorostachys (Cooktown ironwood), native to northern Australia[8]
Eusideroxylon zwageri (Borneo ironwood), southeast Asia
Holodiscus discolor (Ocean spray), western North America[9]
Krugiodendron ferreum (Black ironwood), Caribbean
Libidibia ferrea (Brazilian ironwood), Brazil[10]
Lignum vitae
Lophira alata (Red ironwood), western and central Africa[11]
Lyonothamnus floribundus (Catalina ironwood), in the rose family, Channel Islands of California[12]
Mesua ferrea, (Sri Lankan ironwood), southern and southeastern Asia[13]
Nestegis apetala, (Bastard ironwood), New Zealand and Norfolk Island[14]
Olea capensis, (Black ironwood), Africa[15]
Olea woodiana, (Black ironwood), eastern and southern Africa,[16]
Olneya tesota, Desert ironwood
Ostrya knowltonii, Knowlton's hophornbeam
Ostrya virginiana, Hophornbeam
Parrotia persica, Persian ironwood
Pemphis acidula, Maldivian ironwood
Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Ironwood or Gum bully
Tabebuia serratifolia, Ipê, Brazilian walnut, Lapacho, Yellow poui
Vepris lanceolata, White ironwood, native to South Africa
Xanthostemon verdugonianus, Philippine ironwood or Mangkono, endemic to the Philippines
