22 Wood logs. From spam.

Got a spam email asking me whether I’m interested in buying various types of wood from a wood exporter. For the record, I’m … probably very obviously not in any sort of industry that would use wood. Still, the list fascinated me. Since I’m a fan of minecraft, the repetitive “logs” part stuck with me. At this time, minecraft only has six types of logs: oak, birch, spruce, “jungle”, acacia and “dark oak.” The spammers offered more:

1. TEAK WOOD LOGS
2. OBECHE WOOD LOGS
3. MASONIA WOOD LOGS
4. PINE WOOD LOGS
5. MELEGBA WOOD LOGS
6. DOUSSIE WOOD LOGS
7. GMELINA WOOD LOGS
8. MAHOGAN WOOD LOGS
9. DABEMA AZOBE WOOD LOGS
10. KOSSO SQUARED LOGS
11. OVENGKOL WOOD LOGS
12. KHAYA WOOD LOGS
13. PANGA PANGA WOOD LOGS
14. OKUME WOOD LOGS
15. ZINGAWA WOOD LOGS
16. BILINGA WOOD LOGS
17. DAHOMA WOOD LOGS
18. ROSEWOOD WOODS LOGS
19. EBIARA WOODS LOGS
20. POCOULI WOODS LOGS
21. OKAN WOOD LOGS
22. TALI WOOD LOGS

Since I’m me, I tried to make sense of this list, and I couldn’t.  Names don’t seem to be standardized or easily recognizable to someone in the states. However, according to wikipedia, the boldfaced ones are endangered in some way – vulnerable or a threatened species.

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