I bought rosewood chopsticks in Vietnam. When I cooked them in a pot, the water turned red. There are many red dogs, which are very smelly. What happened?

Rosewood is oily and cannot be cooked. Boiling will destroy the oil in wood. Rosewood itself contains natural pigments, which will definitely turn red when boiled.

1, wood properties:

Glossy. Slightly smelly. The texture is staggered, the structure is thin and uniform, from heavy to hard, with high strength and moderate shrinkage. Planing, turning, good wear resistance, very wear resistance, engage in termites. Slow drying, slight cracking and deformation. The air-dried density is 0.89 ~ 65438±0.0g/cm.

2, wood use:

Suitable for furniture, floors, carvings, cabinets, handicrafts, joinery, heavy structures, durable materials, sports equipment, musical instruments, toys and so on.

3, identification points:

The bark has a large and deep longitudinal crack, and the inclined plane is layered in red and yellow. The bottom of the skin is bright yellow. Fine wave marks on the surface of material and chord cutting mask. The strip-shaped axial parenchyma is small in spacing and wavy. Wood is particularly hard.

Extended data:

1, Dalbergia Dalbergia is one of the precious hardwoods, which is produced in tropical rain forest area, with extremely slow growth period, dense material, high density and high hardness. Wood is shiny and has a faint fragrance. The air-dried density is mostly less than 1.0 g/cm3. This material is very hard. Good planing, turning and wear resistance. Very resistant to rot and termites. Mainly suitable for high-grade furniture, floors, sculptures, handicrafts, heavy structures, sports equipment, musical instruments and so on.

2, heartwood light red, yellow, reddish brown, long to deep, with purple, and often accompanied by deep and shallow stripes (like muscle fibers). The structure is slightly coarse to fine, and the texture is wavy or staggered.

3. Commonly known as "lobular rosewood" in the market, it was used to make furniture in mahogany furniture factory, with a price of 2065438+8,000 yuan/m3 in July 2007. Cajanus cajan was once used to imitate the red rosewood in the market, and was officially named cajanus cajan, and later it generally became rosewood.

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