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Dalbergia cultrata, [6] variegated burgundy to light brown in color, is a blackwood timber sold as Burmese rosewood. Products built with rosewood-based engineered woods are sold as 'Malaysian rosewood' or as D. oliveri .
The colour of the NSW rosewood is deep pink towards red-brown, lighter than the heartwood, and it has a distinctive smell similar to the odor of rose when cut, planed, or drilled. [11] Australian rosewood timber serves many purposes. The wood is very versatile and is consistent in color. [23]
Vauquelinia californica, commonly known as Arizona rosewood, is an evergreen species of shrub or tree, in the rose family, Rosaceae. [ 1 ] The dark brown wood streaked with red, and is hard and very heavy, a beautiful 'rosewood.'
The color rosewood is named after rosewood. The first recorded use of rosewood as a color name in English was in 1892. [ 20 ] Actual rosewood exhibits a wide range of colors.
1798 sideboard with veneers including rosewood veneers. Dalbergia stevensonii is known for its colorful wood. There is a clear border between sapwood and heartwood and distinct light and dark bands that form beautiful tree rings. [5] The color of the surface is greyish and in the middle of the tree, it is pinkish or purple-brown. [6]
The etymology of the color name rose is the same as that of the name of the rose flower. The name originates from Latin rosa , borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon ( Aeolic form: wrodon ), from Aramaic wurrdā , from Assyrian wurtinnu , from Old Iranian * warda (cf. Avestan warda , Sogdian ward , Parthian wâr ).
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Rosewood: Dalbergia latifolia: Dark [1] 850 kg/m 3: 1,430 lb/cu yd [12] Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orrissa It is strong, tough and close-grained. It is a handsome wood that takes up a high polish. It maintains its shape well and is available in large sizes.