African Rosewood Bois de Rose(Dalbergia )
Heartwood color is a vibrant magenta or reddish purple, sometimes with darker violet-black streaks. Overall color tends to darken with age to a deep purple to nearly black.. This Specie Can be produced and shipped in Saw logs, Peeled Logs, Square edged timber, Round edged timber, Flooring boards, Finishing boards, Unedged boards, Square logs, Decking boards, Parquet floors, Floor planks, Wall coverings(Veneers Sheets), Plywood, Roof coverings, Rattan, Sleepers, Polls and proprietary grade hardwood products of both finish and unfinished.
African Rosewood Wood Specie
- Common Name(s): - African Rosewood, Bois De Rose
- Scientific Name: - Dalbergia spp. (D. baronii, D. greveana, D. madagascariensis, D. monticola, D, maritima, D. louvelii)
- Distribution: - Africa
- Tree Size: - 40-65 ft (12-20 m) tall, 1-2 ft (.3-.6 m) trunk diameter
- Average Dried Weight: - 58 lbs/ft3 (930 kg/m3)
- Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): - .74, .93
- Janka Hardness: - 2,600 lbf (11,570 N)
- Modulus of Rupture: - 24,020 lbf/in2 (165.7 MPa)
- Elastic Modulus: - 1,742,000 lbf/in2 (12.01 GPa)
- Crushing Strength: - 11,100 lbf/in2 (76.6 MPa)
- Shrinkage: - Radial: 3.7%, Tangential: 6.5%, Volumetric: 10.3%, T/R Ratio: 1.8
- Availability: - Available
- Restrictions: - Yes (Shipped With Cite Permit)
ALL ABOUT ROSEWOOD
- Color/Appearance: - Heartwood generally ranges from a light yellow-brown to a darker orange or reddish brown. Darker black streaks are common, and can produce a grain figure known as “spider-webbing” or “landscape,” also found on Brazilian Rosewood and Ziricote. Pale yellow sapwood is clearly demarcated from heartwood.
- Grain/Texture: - Has a fine uniform texture with a very high natural luster.
- Endgrain: - Diffuse-porous; large pores in no specific arrangement; solitary and radial multiples of 2-3; heartwood deposits (dark red) common; growth rings usually indistinct; rays not visible without lens; parenchyma diffuse-in-aggregates, vasicentric, aliform (winged), and banded (marginal). Heartwood extractives (violet) leachable in water.
- Rot Resistance: - being a dense rosewood, it is presumably very durable.
- Workability: - Bois de Rose is an excellent turning wood. Turns and finishes well, and takes a high natural polish.
- Odor: - Has a characteristic rosewood scent while being worked.
- Allergies/Toxicity: - Although severe reactions are quite uncommon, rosewood in the Dalbergia genus, (such as Bois de Rose), has been reported as a sensitizer. Usually most common reactions simply include eye, skin, and respiratory irritation. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Safety for more information.
- Pricing/Availability: - International trade of this species is currently (and rightfully) restricted. National parks and other protected areas within Madagascar have been plundered for their valuable rosewood logs. At present, only residual stockpiles of small turning and carving blanks are available at very high prices.
- Sustainability: - Bois de Rose is listed on CITES appendix II under the genus-wide restriction on all Dalbergia species—which also includes finished products made of the wood. It is also listed on the IUCN Red List as endangered due to a population reduction of over 50% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in their natural range, and exploitation.
- Common Uses: - Veneer, musical instruments (guitar bodies and fingerboards), furniture, cabinetry, inlays, carving, turned objects, and other small specialty wood items.
- Comments: - Madagascar Rosewood is comprised of a number of Dalbergia species only found on the African island of Madagascar. The deep purple wood of Bois de Rose (another species endemic to Madagascar) is also referred to as Madagascar Rosewood, though this confusing label is more often used for the black-striped wood of Dalbergia baronii.
Buy This Wood Require More Details Product List Company's Catalogue
African Rosewood DataSheet
OTHER SPECIES READILY AVAILABLE
