There was plenty of tropical wood furniture to be found at the first two big European furniture exhibitions of 2018 – the IMM interiors fair in Cologne, Germany (IMMCologne), and the January Furniture Show at the NEC in Birmingham, UK (JFS-Birmingham).  At the German and UK shows, plantation teak and mahogany furniture made a particularly strong showing, while other prominent tropical species included acacia, mango, munggur/suar (Albizia saman, also called Rain Tree).  At both events, there seemed to be a fashion too for recycled tropical timber products, with tables and storage units made from a ...