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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 737 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROSEWOOD , the name given to several distinct kinds. of ornamental See also:

timber. That, however, so called in the See also:United See also:Kingdom is Brazilian rosewood, the palissandre of the See also:French, the finest qualities of which, coming from the provinces of Rio de Janeiro and See also:Bahia, are believed to be the produce principally of Dalbergia See also:nigra, a leguminous See also:tree of large dimensions, called cabiuna and jacaranda by the Brazilians. The same name, jacaranda, is applied to several See also:species of Machaerium, also trees belonging to the natural See also:order See also:Leguminosae; and there can be no doubt that a certain proportion of the rosewood of See also:commerce is See also:drawn from these See also:sources. Rosewood comes to the United Kingdom from Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, See also:Jamaica and See also:Honduras. The heartwood attains large dimensions, but as it begins to decay before the tree arrives at maturity it is always faulty and hollow in the centre. On this See also:account squared logs or planks of rosewood are never seen, the See also:wood being imported in See also:half-See also:round flitches so to 20 ft. in length and from 5 to 12 in. in their thickest See also:part. Owing to its irregular See also:form, the wood is sold by See also:weight, and its value varies within wide limits according to the richness of See also:colour. Rosewood has a deep ruddy See also:brown colour, richly streaked and grained with See also:black resinous layers. It takes a See also:fine See also:polish, but, on account of its resinous nature, it is somewhat difficult to See also:work. The wood is very much in demand both by See also:cabinet-makers and See also:pianoforte-makers, by whom it is used both solid and in See also:veneer. The wood of Dalbergia latifolia, a native of the See also:East Indies, used for ornamental See also:furniture and carvings under the name of black wood, is frequently termed East See also:Indian Rosewood. The Bois de See also:Rose of the French, the Portuguese Pao de See also:Rosa, and the See also:German Rosenholz is a Brazilian wood, the produce of Physocalymma floribundum, called in the United Kingdom See also:tulip wood, and very highly esteemed on account of its beautiful rose colour and See also:grain.

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