What are the characteristics of red rosewood?

, refers to rosewood, mainly black rosewood and black rosewood of Dalbergia in Leguminosae, produced in Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Southeast Asia and other traditional mahogany producing areas.

Usually rosewood industry refers to rosewood, and generally refers to rosewood in Laos (Dalbergia odorifera), which is recognized as the best rosewood, commonly known as old rosewood. [ 1]

Basic characteristics and identification editing of two kinds of red rosewood

A. Color and texture: rosewood is generally dark red with dark stripes, and its natural color is relatively consistent. Red rosewood produced in Laos is mostly reddish brown, dark brown and dark brown stripes.

B. smell: red rosewood generally has sour taste and vinegar taste, especially the new segment.

C. feel: not as warm as rosewood, but also very delicate, with long brown eyes. Because the density of rosewood is high, some of them are heavier than rosewood. [ 1]

3 plant feature editing

Deciduous trees (evergreen trees in parts of Vietnam and Thailand) are generally 8-30m high, and the trunk diameter can reach 60- 120cm, sometimes with several trunks and branches. The bark is smooth and hard, light yellow to grayish brown, with scales and longitudinal cracks, sometimes peeling off into pieces. The shape of leaves is uneven pinnate compound leaves with alternate or semi-opposite leaf sequences. Flowers are white, terminal, semi-terminal or axillary, with compound racemes (panicles), butterfly-shaped corollas and standard right-angled petals. Calyx pentadentate, Taiwan Province. The fruit is oblate and belongs to pod type. In Vietnam, May-July is the flowering period, and September-65438+10 is the fruit maturity period. The color of the pod changed from green to yellow, and finally to dark brown, and the pod did not burst when it matured. Seeds can be stored in a dry environment for a long time. Artificial planting can pretreat and sow seeds, but artificial planting can't achieve the purpose of commercial wood. [2]

4 distribution or major origin editing

Produced in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, central and southern Laos, northeastern, eastern and central Thailand and southern Quang Binh province of Vietnam.

5 Set Value Editor

Market price and material price ranking: Huang Huali, Huang Huali, Sandalwood rosewood (lobular rosewood), red rosewood, white rosewood, Myanmar rosewood, chicken wing wood, grass pear, etc.

According to the insiders, the traditional mahogany furniture in China must be made of excellent wood and processed by complicated technology. Only in this way can the aesthetics of traditional mahogany furniture in China be embodied, and the traditional aesthetic taste, spiritual pursuit, accomplishment and philosophy of life of taste of china people can be realized. Furniture that is shoddy and poorly crafted by repairing, pasting or using other wood has no collection value. High-quality antique furniture restores the cultural essence of traditional mahogany furniture in China, and its collection value will become increasingly prominent with the passage of time. Honest mahogany experts also expressed their views on this. The reason why mahogany furniture has such high investment collection value is inseparable from its rich cultural connotation. Some high-grade mahogany products are often made of high-grade wood, such as lobular rosewood, Huang Huali, rosewood, etc., which are carefully produced by rigorous production technology. The lines are smooth and the texture is clear, which has high artistic collection value.