good ol' hickory
rosewood
prurpleheart
ebony
cherry
If your looking for some really exotic woods you can find dowels for sale on the web. Below is one link that carries a good assortment of exotic wood dowels....
http://www3.memlane.com/windsor/doc2.htm
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