luan is a type of wood, plywood is a type of wood panel, made up of plys or layers of thin wood veneer, glued togather with the grain running across the preceeding layer. Typically luan is made as plywood. Luan is an inexpensive alternative to pine or fir plywood. This is inside correct? Ive not seen luan with exterior glue, made be made but ive not seen it.

Actually spelled luaun, it is like mahogany in grain and look.

Luaun is often used for thin plywood---1/8" and 1/4".

The link below has an explanation.

Here is a link that might be useful: Philippine Mahogany

Thanks everyone,
Yes, it is for inside use. I bought the first thing I saw that was cheap and looked like plywood. When I got it home, I realized it was really pink and seemed to not be as strong as the other 1/4" plywood that I had bought. It's just to keep the chickens from pecking at the styrofoam insulation, so I guess it will do. The color Pink just looks a little weird in a dirty chicken coop. hahaha Thanks again!

I had to google this, but its actually spelled lauan.

Normal plywood has same-sized core veneers. Legitimate 5-ply 1/4" plywood is dense and strong.

Lauan has a thick inner core of very soft wood, thin surface veneers of a Filipino wood called lauan (it resembles mahogany, but isn't) And some examples I have worked with are reinforced with fibers/netting, possibly fiberglass, otherwise the thick core would split and the product would fail.