...Brazilian Dalbergia nigra Vulnerable Rosewood, Burmese Dalbergia oliveri Endangered Rosewood, East Indian Dalbergia latifolia Vulnerable Rosewood, Madagascar Dalbergia baronii Vulnerable Rosewood, Siamese Dalbergia cochinchinensis Vulnerable Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum Vulnerable Satinwood,...
...in Johannesburg when an unprecedented genus-wide restriction was placed on all Dalbergia (true rosewood) species. Personally, I recognized the severity of the problem at the time, and more or less...
...were not even the only species being traded as rosewood either. Early Portuguese Jacaranda species Jacarandá-da-Bahia, Dalbergia nigra Jacarandá-violeta, Dalbergia cearensis Jacarandá do Pará, Dalbergia spruceana Jacarandá-do-cerrado, Machaerium villosum Jacarandá...
...rosewood Dalbergia oliveri bland 252 Cocobolo Dalbergia retusa 5/16″ thick 052 Sissoo Dalbergia sissoo mostly sapwood 053 Sissoo Dalbergia sissoo knot 249 Sissoo Dalbergia sissoo 054 Honduran rosewood Dalbergia stevensonii...
...many of its close cousins can be very useful. Brazilian Rosewood vs East Indian Rosewood Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) East Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) Color: Tends to be more variegated,...
...factor in identification. In the case of distinguishing Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) from East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia), one species (D. nigra) has much more infrequent pores, which proves to...
> Hardwoods > Fabaceae > Dalbergia Example species (Dalbergia oliveri) Common Name(s): Rosewood Distribution: Tropical regions worldwide (most commercial species are from Central and South America, Africa, and...
...such products surely do exist, they are not marketed as such. One good example in recent times is the marketing of Dalbergia tucurensis as Yucatan rosewood—which, being a true rosewood...
...colubrina 78.2 56.9 69.9 67.8 67.3 African Blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon 79.0 55.2 81.6 53.3 66.7 Bloodwood Brosimum rubescens 62.2 64.8 65.8 74.0 66.6 Grey Ironbark Eucalyptus paniculata 64.5 68.3 66.9...
...African Blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon 11.61 Rowan Sorbus aucuparia 11.61 Lebombo ironwood Androstachys johnsonii 11.32 Verawood Bulnesia arborea 11.27 Pau Ferro Machaerium spp. 11.26 Pacific Yew Taxus brevifolia 11.25 Muninga Pterocarpus...
> Hardwoods > Fabaceae Example species (Dalbergia latifolia) Common Name and Type Genus: Legume family, originally derived from the Faba genus (which is now placed in the Vicia...
...a wood in a particular genus will share similar allergic compounds with other related woods, resulting in cross-reactions.) For example, Cocobolo is in the Dalbergia genus, and is also closely...
...of wood is a pale color, usually ranging from white to a straw-yellow or grey color.) Heartwood extractives, like those found in this sample of Tulipwood (Dalbergia decipularis) provide a...
...odor is reminiscent of another well-known scent. (A clear example of this would be rosewood in the Dalbergia genus, from which the wood gets its namesake.) Many wood species don’t...
...(Dalbergia cearensis) 74.9 lbs/ft3 (1,200 kg/m3) Kingwood supposedly got its name from several French kings (Louis XIV and Louis XV) that preferred the wood in the use of fine furniture. Desert Ironwood...