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Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued hardwoods, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours. [1] It is hard, tough, strong, and dense. True rosewoods come from trees of the genus Dalbergia, but other woods are often called rosewood.
Dalbergia sissoo, known commonly as North Indian rosewood or shisham, [3] is a fast-growing, hardy, deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian subcontinent and southern Iran. D. sissoo is a large, crooked tree with long, leathery leaves and whitish or pink flowers.
[3] [1] Some common names in English include rosewood, Bombay blackwood, roseta rosewood, East Indian rosewood, reddish-brown rosewood, Indian palisandre, and Java palisandre. [3] [1] Its Indian common names are beete, and satisal or sitsal. [3] The tree grows to 40 metres (130 ft) in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier ...
Siamese rosewood is denser than water, fine grained, and high in oils and resins. These properties make them dimensional stable, hard wearing, rot and insect resistant, and when new, highly fragrant. The density and toughness of the wood also allows furniture to be built without the use of glue and nails, but rather constructed from joinery and ...
Dalbergia odorifera, fragrant rosewood or Chinese rosewood, [3] is a species of true rosewood in the genus Dalbergia. It is a small or medium-sized tree, 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) tall. [ 4 ] It is endemic to China and occurs in Fujian , Hainan , Zhejiang , [ 4 ] and Guangdong .
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
Dalbergia sissoo (Indian rosewood) is primarily used for furniture in northern India. Its export is highly regulated due to recent high rates of tree death due to unknown causes. [clarification needed] [citation needed] Dalbergia sissoo has historically been the primary rosewood species of northern India. This wood is strong and tough, with ...
Acacia rhodoxylon, also known as rosewood, ringy rosewood [1] or spear wattle, [2] is a tree belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is native to north eastern Australia. Description