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ROSEWOOD (Dalbergia latifolia)

Trade Name

Rosewood

Scientific Name

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb

Family

Leguminosae

Common Names

veeti (India)

Description Of The Tree

Botanical Description

Medium to large, 15-30m in height and up to 130cm in diameter. Bark gry with cracks, peels off in thin flakes.

Natural Distribution

West coast semi-evergreen, Moist tesk bearning and Southen secondary mixed deciduous forest.

Wood Identification

Anatomic Description Of Wood

Wood diffuse porous. Occasionally wood semi-ring porous and/or ring porous. Tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100 to 200 micras. Vessels per mm2 6 to 10 (medium). Occasionally vessels with colored deposits. Axial parenchyma aliform. Axial parenchyma confluent. Axial parenchyma in discontinuous tangential lines. Axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. Ray width 1 to 3 cells.

Availability

Cites Status

Unrestricted

General Wood Description

Color

Sapwood pale yellowish-white with pinkish tinge and heartwood purplish-brown with black or red streaks, colour uniform

COLOR INDEX (1=Black, 7=Light yellow,white)

6

Grain

Straight to shallowly interlocked;

Texture

texture medium

Natural Durability

Very durable, sapwood perishable but readily treatable with complete penetration

Natural durability index (1= Very high durability, 7=Vey low durability)

2

Wood Physical Properties

Air-dry Density (Weight and volume at 12%MC) (g/cm³)

0.82

Total shrinkage Tangential (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

5.6

Total shrinkage Radial (Saturated to 0%MC) (%)

2.3

Dimensional stability ratio (Total Tangential Shrinkage %/Total Radial Shrinkage %)

2.4

Wood Chemical Properties

Wood Mechanical Properties

Bending Strength (MOR),12%MC (kgf/cm²)

943

Stiffness (MOE) 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

101700

Compression parallel to fiber 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

486

Shear strength radial 12%MC (kgf/cm²)

99

Workability

Rotary Veneer Cutting

Peels and slices well and very thin veneers can be obtained

Sliced Veneer

Peels and slices well and very thin veneers can be obtained

Machining

Works comparatively, easy with hand and machine

Finishing

can be brought to a fine finis and takes good polish.

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