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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. Rosewood takes a high polish and is used for luxury furniture-making, flooring, musical ...
The most famous of these are the rosewoods, so-named because of the smell of the timber when cut, but several other valuable woods are yielded by the genus. Species such as Dalbergia nigra known as Rio, Bahia, Brazilian rosewood, palisander de Rio Grande, or jacaranda and Dalbergia latifolia known as (East) Indian Rosewood or Sonokeling have ...
Dalbergia latifolia (synonym Dalbergia emarginata) is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood (Tamil / தமிழ்: Eetti / ஈட்டி) (Telugu / తెలుగు: Irugudu/ ఇరుగుడు). It is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India.
Sheesham wood. It is the best known economic timber species of the rosewood genus sold internationally, but it is also used as fuel wood and for shade and shelter. After teak, it is the most important cultivated timber tree of Bihar, which is the largest producer of shisham timber in India.
Dalbergia: true rosewoods; Dalbergia bariensis: Burmese rosewood Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Dalbergia baronii: Madagascar rosewood; madaga Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Dalbergia congestifloria: kingwood Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Dalbergia decipularis: tulipwood Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Dalbergia frutescens: pau rosa
The species is listed as of "least concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992. [21] Other species of unrelated species with the common name rosewood occurring in Madagascar, Central America, Thailand and Vietnam are endangered due to extensive logging. [22]
Dalbergia oliveri [4] is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae which grows in tree form to 15 – 30 meters in height (up to 100 ft.). The fruit is a green pod containing one to two seeds which turn brown to black when ripe. It is threatened by habitat loss and over-harvesting for its valuable red "rosewood" timber.
There are many species in the genus Dalbergia that can be confused with Dalbergia nigra, but the latter can be recognised by its colour and resin. [4] It may also be confused with Machaerium, which has a more compact parenchyma and lack large pores. [4] Very little is known about the ecology and reproduction of the Brazilian rosewood. [3]