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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