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What kind of wood is this?

This is rosewood.

Rosewood

Rosewood. ), tree height 15-25m, dbh40cm; The bark is gray. The length of pinnate compound leaves is 15-30 cm; Stipules fall off early; Leaflets 3-5 pairs, ovate, acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, glabrous on both sides, and slender veins. Panicle terminal or axillary, flowery, brown pubescent; The pedicel is 7- 10 mm long, and there are two linear and easy-to-fall bracteoles at the top. Calyx bell-shaped, slightly curved, about 5 mm long, calyx teeth wide triangular, top round, brown filiform; Corolla yellow, petal stalk long, edge wavy, flag petal width 10- 13 mm; Ovary shortly stipitate, densely pilose. The pod is round, flat, oblique, about 5 cm wide, slightly hairy, reticulate toward the seed part, surrounded by wide wings, up to 2 cm wide, and has 1-2 seeds. Flowers bloom in spring.

China, Taiwan Province, Guangdong and Yunnan (South). Born in sparse forests on hillsides, or cultivated in gardens. India, Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar are also distributed. Wood is hard and dense with red heartwood, which is an excellent material for architecture, musical instruments and furniture. Resin and wood are used in medicine.

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