Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued

hardwood Hardwood is wood from Flowering plant, angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostl ...

s, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours. It is hard, tough, strong, and dense. True rosewoods come from trees of the genus ''

Dalbergia ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The ...

'', but other woods are often called rosewood. Rosewood takes a high polish and is used for luxury furniture-making, flooring, musical instruments, and turnery.

True rosewoods

Genuine rosewoods belong to the

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''. The pre-eminent rosewood appreciated in the Western world is the wood of ''

Dalbergia nigra ''Dalbergia nigra'', commonly known as the Bahia rosewood, jacarandá-da-Bahia, Brazilian rosewood, Rio rosewood, jacarandá-do-brasil, pianowood, caviúna, graúna, jacarandá-una or obuina is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. Descri ...

''. It is best known as "Brazilian rosewood", but also as "Bahia rosewood". This wood has a strong, sweet smell, which persists for many years, explaining the name ''rosewood''. Another classic rosewood comes from ''

Dalbergia latifolia ''Dalbergia latifolia'' (synonym ''Dalbergia emarginata'') is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood ( Tamil / தமிழ்: Eetti / ஈட்டி) ( Telugu / తెలుగు: Irugudu/ ఇరుగుడు). It is n ...

'', known as (East) Indian rosewood or ''sonokeling'' (Indonesia). It is native to India and is also grown in plantations elsewhere in Pakistan (Chiniot). Madagascar rosewood (''

Dalbergia maritima ''Dalbergia maritima'' is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae; it is a rosewood, and its wood is often referred to as Bois de Rose. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed hab ...

''), known as ''bois de rose'', is highly prized for its red color. It is

overexploited Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to ...

in the wild, despite a 2010 moratorium on trade and

illegal logging Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a p ...

, which continues on a large scale. Throughout southeast Asia, ''

Dalbergia oliveri ''Dalbergia oliveri'' is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae which grows in tree form to 15 – 30 meters in height (up to 100 ft.). The fruit is a green pod containing one to two seeds which turn brown to black when ripe. It is thre ...

'' is harvested for use in woodworking. It has a very fragrant and dense grain near the core, but the outer sapwood is soft and porous. ''Dalbergia cultrata'', variegated burgundy to light brown in color, is a blackwood timber sold as Burmese rosewood. Products built with rosewood-based

engineered wood Engineered wood, also called mass timber, composite wood, man-made wood, or manufactured board, includes a range of derivative wood products which are manufactured by binding or fixing the strands, particles, fibres, veneers, or boards of wood, ...

s are sold as 'Malaysian rosewood' or as ''D. oliveri''. Some rosewood comes from ''

Dalbergia retusa ''Dalbergia retusa'' (Caviuna, Cocobolo, Cocobolo Prieto, Funeram, Granadillo, Jacarandáholz, Nambar, ñamba, Nicaraguan Rosewood, Palisander, Palissandro, Palo Negro, Pau Preto, Rosewood, Urauna) is a plant species in the family'' Fabaceae ''. ...

'', also known as 'Nicaraguan rosewood' or as ''cocobolo''. Several species are known as Guatemalan rosewood or Panama rosewood: ''D. tucerencis'', ''D. tucarensis'', and ''D. cubiquitzensis''. Honduran rosewood, ''D. stevensonii'' is used for marimba keys, guitar parts, clarinets and other musical and ornamental applications. Not all species in the large genus ''Dalbergia'' yield rosewoods; only about a dozen species do. The woods of some other species in the genus ''Dalbergia'' are notable—even famous—woods in their own right:

African blackwood ''Dalbergia melanoxylon'' (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) in French ''Granadille d'Afrique'' is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea, to southern regions of ...

, ''

cocobolo Cocobolo is a tropical hardwood of Central American trees belonging to the genus ''Dalbergia''. Only the heartwood of cocobolo is used; it is usually orange or reddish-brown, often with darker irregular traces weaving through the wood. The heartw ...

'', kingwood, and Brazilian tulipwood. Some species become

canopy Canopy may refer to: Plants * Canopy (biology), aboveground portion of plant community or crop (including forests) * Canopy (grape), aboveground portion of grapes Religion and ceremonies * Baldachin or canopy of state, typically placed over an a ...

trees (up to 30 m high), and large pieces can occasionally be found in the trade.

Other

The timber trade sells many timbers under the name 'rosewood' (usually with an adjective) due to some (outward) similarities. A fair number of these timbers come from other

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

genera; one such species that is often mentioned is Bolivian ''

Machaerium scleroxylon ''Machaerium scleroxylon'' is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae Common names for the species include: pau ferro, morado, caviuna, Bolivian rosewood, and Santos rosewood. The wood is used as an alternative species to genuine rosewoods belo ...

'' sold as 'Bolivian rosewood'. Another that may be found in market from

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is ''

Pterocarpus indicus ''Pterocarpus indicus'' (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra (from Tagalog) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species ...

'', sold as 'New Guinea rosewood' (and related species). ''

Dalbergia sissoo ''Dalbergia sissoo'', known commonly as North Indian rosewood or shisham, is a fast-growing, hardy, deciduous rosewood tree native to the Indian subcontinent and southern Iran. ''D. sissoo'' is a large, crooked tree with long, leathery leaves a ...

'' is a rosewood species from India and Bangladesh, usually known as ''sheesham'' or North-Indian rosewood. Its timber is extremely dense and has mild rot resistance but is porous, and its exterior is soft and susceptible to wood-boring insects. It is used for making cabinets and flooring, and for carving. It is exported as quality veneers. Due to its after-work quality when sealed and dyed, it is often sold as genuine rosewood or as

teak Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters (panic ...

. It has no discernible qualities of a genuine rosewood. Its strength is comparable with teak, but it has lower quality and price than teak or ''

''. Although its wood bears no resemblance whatsoever to the true rosewoods, the Australian rose mahogany (''

Didymocheton fraserianus ''Didymocheton fraserianus'', commonly known as rosewood or rose mahogany, is a medium-sized to large tree native to New South Wales and Queensland. It is widely used with the purpose of street design and to provide shade in the eastern suburbs ...

'', family

Meliaceae Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarp ...

) and Australian blackwood, (''

Acacia melanoxylon ''Acacia melanoxylon'', commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an ''Acacia'' species native to south-eastern Australia. The species is also known as blackwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, or blackwood acacia. The tree belon ...

'') are also sold as rosewood. ''

Acacia excelsa ''Acacia excelsa'', also known as ironwood, rosewood, bunkerman and doodlallie is a tree of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to inland parts of north-eastern Australia. In the Gamilaraay language it is known as ...

'' is also commonly known as ironwood or rosewood. Australian rose mahogany, due to the strong smell of roses from freshly cut bark, is more mistakenly termed a "rosewood".

Uses

All rosewoods are strong and heavy, taking an excellent polish, being suitable for

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

s (the fretboards on electric and acoustic guitars often being made of rosewood),

marimba The marimba ( ) is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the mari ...

s, recorders,

turnery Woodturning is the craft of using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation. Like the potter's wheel, the wood lathe is a mechanism that can generate a variety of forms. The operator is kno ...

( billiard cues,

fountain pens A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper. It is distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, elimi ...

, black pieces in chess sets, etc.), handles,

furniture Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., Stool (seat), stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (table (furniture), tables), storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furnitur ...

, and luxury

flooring Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface. ...

, etc. Rosewood oil, used in

perfume Perfume (, ) is a mixture of fragrance, fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), Fixative (perfumery), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agre ...

, is extracted from the wood of ''

Aniba rosaeodora ''Aniba rosaeodora'', also known as pau-rosa, is a species of Magnoliid tree in the family Lauraceae. Often confused as ''rosewood,'' the plant doesn't grow on any tree of the genus '' Dalbergia''. It grows in parts of the tropical rainforest o ...

'', which is not related to the rosewoods used for lumber. Rosewood is also used for bracelets and necklaces.

Toxicity

Rosewood dust from sanding is a sensitizing irritant and can cause respiratory issues like asthma. Repeated exposure increases sensitivity, leading to chronic respiratory problems and potential allergic reactions. Proper safety measures are essential to minimize risks.

Status as an endangered species

In general, world stocks are poor through

overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting or ecological overshoot, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to ...

. Rosewood is now protected worldwide. At a summit of the international wildlife trade in South Africa, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (

CITES CITES (shorter acronym for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of inte ...

) moved to protect the world's most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the rosewood tree under trade restrictions. At CITES meetings in 2013, 2016, and 2019, additional rosewood species were listed for protection, triggering market booms in China.

List of rosewoods

From ''Dalbergia'' species: * Amazone Rosewood, Para Rosewood (''

Dalbergia spruceana ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The g ...

'') * Bahia Rosewood, (Brazilian)

Tulipwood Most commonly, tulipwood is the greenish yellowish wood yielded from the Liriodendron tulipifera, tulip tree, found on the Eastern side of North America and a similar species is found in some parts of China. In the United States, it is commonly ...

, Pau Rosa, Pinkwood, Bois de rose (''

Dalbergia decipularis ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The g ...

'') * Black Rosewood, Nicaraguan, Mexican or Panama and Central American Rosewood (''

'') * Brazilian Rosewood, also Bahia or Rio Rosewood, Jacaranda, White Rosewood (''

''), german Rio-Palisander * Brown's Indian rosewood ('' Dalbergia brownei'') * Burmese Rosewood (''

'') Chingchan also as Asian or Laos Rosewood, ('' Dalbergia bariensis''), (''

Dalbergia cultrata ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The g ...

'', '' Dalbergia dongnaiensis'', '' Dalbergia fusca'') * Chinese Rosewood, Fragrant Rosewood, Huanghuali ('' Dalbergia odorifera'') also as Bangkok Rosewood * Closeflower Rosewood, Camotillo ('' Dalbergia congestiflora'') * Granadillo Rosewood ('' Dalbergia granadillo'') * Guatemala or Honduras Rosewood ('' Dalbergia cubilquitzensis'') * Honduran Rosewood ('' Dalbergia stevensonii'') * Laos Rosewood, Burmese Rosewood, Burmese Blackwood (''

'') * Laotian Rosewood (''

Dalbergia lanceolaria ''Dalbergia lanceolaria'' is a species of tree in the subfamily Faboideae and tribe Dalbergieae. It is a medium-sized tree growing to 20m tall and is native to: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma and Indo-China. The bark of the tree is traditionall ...

'') * Madagascar Rosewood (''

Dalbergia baronii ''Dalbergia baronii'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is named after the English missionary and botanist Rev. Richard Baron. Description Vegetative characters ''Dalbergia baron ...

'', '' Dalbergia greveana'') also as French Rosewood, and Bois de Rose (''

'', ''

Dalbergia louvelii ''Dalbergia louvelii'' (violet rosewood) is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natur ...

''), ('' Dalbergia madagascariensis'', ''

Dalbergia monticola ''Dalbergia monticola'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It occurs at higher elevation, which gave the species its name. Description Vegetative characters ''Dalbergia monticola'' is ...

'', ''

Dalbergia trichocarpa ''Dalbergia'' is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade (or tribe): the Dalbergieae. The g ...

'' etc.), for all ''Dalbergia''-species from the population of Madagascar. * Mexican Rosewood, Palo Escrito ('' Dalbergia paloescrito'') * (East) Indian Rosewood, Indonesian or Malabar, Bombay, Rosetta und Black Rosewood or Sonokeling Rosewood (''

'') * (North, East) Indian Rosewood, Sissoo, Sheesham (''

'') * Siamese, Siam Rosewood, Thailand Rosewood, Reclaimed Thai Rosewood (''

Dalbergia cochinchinensis ''Dalbergia cochinchinensis'', the Thailand rosewood, Siamese rosewood, or tracwood, (: ''Phayung'' ; Vietnamese: Trắc (or Cẩm lai nam bộ); Khmer: ក្រញូង: ''Kranhung'' ; Lao: ກະຍູງ: ''Kayung'' ; Chinese: 酸枝木: ...

'') * Yucatan Rosewood, Guatemalan Rosewood ('' Dalbergia tucurensis'') Other than ''Dalbergia'' species * African Rosewood, False Rosewood (''

Guibourtia demeusei ''Guibourtia'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Fabaceae, also known by the common names as Rhodesian copalwood, African Rosewood, amazique, bubinga, kevazingo, and ovangkol. Description ''Guibourtia'' contains 16 species that are nativ ...

''), (''

Guibourtia pellegriniana ''Guibourtia'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Fabaceae, also known by the common names as Rhodesian copalwood, African Rosewood, amazique, bubinga, kevazingo, and ovangkol. Description ''Guibourtia'' contains 16 species that are nativ ...

'') and (''

Guibourtia tessmannii ''Guibourtia tessmannii'' is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is a medium to large-sized tree and is native to Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The timber has an attractive appearance and has many uses, and the bark is used in ...

'') (Bubinga), and ('' Guibourtia coleosperma'') Rhodesian Copalwood, also (''

Pterocarpus erinaceus ''Pterocarpus erinaceus'' is an endangered tree species native to the Sahelian region of West Africa. It is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It is used for fuel wood, fo ...

'', ''

Pterocarpus angolensis ''Pterocarpus angolensis'' (African teak, wild teak, , , , , , , , Ndebele: Umvangazi, , ) is a species of ''Pterocarpus'' native to southern Africa, in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Co ...

'') also as West African Rosewood or Senegal, Gaboon Rosewood, ''

Millettia laurentii ''Millettia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It consists of about 169 species of shrubs, lianas or trees, which are native to tropical and subtropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, sout ...

'' (Wenge), ''

Hagenia abyssinica ''Hagenia'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant with the sole species ''Hagenia abyssinica'', native to the high-elevation Afromontane regions of central and eastern Africa. It also has a disjunct distribution in the high mountains of East A ...

'' also as East African Rosewood * Andaman rosewood, redwood, padauk (''

Pterocarpus dalbergioides ''Pterocarpus dalbergioides'', the Andaman padauk, Andaman redwood or East Indian mahogany, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is sometimes called "narra", but this is just a generic term used for any of several ''Pterocar ...

'') * Arizona or California Rosewood (''

Vauquelinia californica ''Vauquelinia californica'', commonly known as Arizona rosewood, is an evergreen species of shrub or tree, in the rose family, Rosaceae. The dark brown wood streaked with red, and is hard and very heavy, a beautiful 'rosewood.' It has dense whit ...

'') * Australian Rosewood ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

'' spp.; (''

'', ''

Acacia acuminata ''Acacia acuminata'', commonly known as raspberry jam, jam, jam wattle, jamwood, jam tree, or raspberry wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,

'', ''

Acacia rhodoxylon ''Acacia rhodoxylon'', also known as rosewood, ringy rosewood or spear wattle, is a tree belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae'' that is native to north eastern Australia. Description The tree typically grows to a heig ...

'' also as Inland Rosewood, ''

Acacia binervia ''Acacia binervia'' commonly known as the coast myall, coastal myall, coastal wattle, or kai'arrawan in the Dharawal language. is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an ...

'') and others like (''

Acacia spania ''Acacia spania'', also known as western rosewood, is a tree belonging to the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Juliflorae'' that is endemic to north eastern Australia. Description The single stemmed tree that can grow to a height of around ...

'') also as Western Rosewood, (''

'') also as Australian Blackwood etc. * Bastard Rosewood, Australian Rosewood ('' Synoum glandulosum'') also as Scentless Rosewood, (''

Knightia excelsa ''Knightia excelsa'', commonly known as rewarewa (from Māori), is an evergreen tree endemic to the low elevation and valley forests of New Zealand. It is found in the North Island and at the tip of the South Island in the Marlborough Sounds (4 ...

'') * Bolivian Rosewood, Santos Rosewood, Pau Ferro, Morado, '' Machaerium'' spp.; (''

''), ('' Machaerium acutifolium''), (''

Machaerium villosum ''Machaerium villosum'', the jacarandá-do-cerrado, jacarandá-pardo, jacarandá-paulista, or jacarandá-pedra, is a native tree belonging to the Fabaceae family, primarily in Brazil. These trees preferably grown on the Cerrado and Caatinga, but ...

'') * Brazilian Rosewood ('' Dicypellium caryophyllaceum''), ('' Physocalymma scaberrimum'') also as Amazone Rosewood * (Brazilian) Rosewood, Cayenne Rosewood, Pau Rosa, Bois de rose (femelle) (''

''), (''

Aniba parviflora ''Aniba'' is an American neotropical flowering plant genus in the family Lauraceae. They are present in low and mountain cloud forest in Caribbean islands, Central America, and northern to central South America. Description They are shrubs o ...

'') and others ( rosewood oil) * Burmese Rosewood (''

Pterocarpus macrocarpus ''Pterocarpus macrocarpus'', or Burma padauk, is a species of tree in the family ''Fabaceae''. It is native to the seasonal tropical forests of southeastern Asia: in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It has been naturalized in India ...

''), (''

'') also as New Guinea Rosewood or Andaman Rosewood, Narra * Canary Rosewood (''

Genista canariensis ''Genista canariensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by the common names Canary broom, Canary Islands broom or florist's genista. It is native to the Canary Islands, but it grows as an introduced species in ...

''), (''

Convolvulus scoparius ''Convolvulus'' is a genus of about 200 to 250''Convolvulus''.
Flora of China.

'') * Caribbean Rosewood (''

Metopium brownei ''Metopium brownei'' (also known as chechem, chechen, or black poisonwood) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. Distribution and habitat It is found in Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Cuba, Jamaica, northern Guatemal ...

'') * Cayenne Rosewood, ''Bois de rose mâle'' (''

Ocotea cernua ''Ocotea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves. There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of ...

'') or possible to other sources (''

Endlicheria canescens ''Endlicheria'' is a neotropical plant genus consisting of approximately 60 species, occurring mostly in northern South America and the Amazon region. Most species are medium-sized trees, sometime up to 40 metres in height, but a few species are ...

'', '' Licaria cannella'', '' Tetragastris altissima'') * False or Bastard Rosewood; others than ''

Swartzia ''Swartzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. ''Swartzia'' is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where ...

'' spp.; ('' Didymocheton rufus'') also as Hairy Rosewood, (''

Jacaranda mimosifolia ''Jacaranda mimosifolia'' is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting Violet (color), violet-colored flowers. It is also known as the jacaranda, b ...

''), (''

Thespesia populnea ''Thespesia populnea'', commonly known as the portia tree (), Pacific rosewood, Indian tulip tree, or milo, among other names, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is a tree found commonly on coasts ar ...

'', ''

Thespesia populneoides ''Thespesia'' is a genus of 14 flowering shrubs and trees in the ''Hibiscus'' family, Malvaceae, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants (''Gossypium''). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific through A ...

'') also as Pacific and Tahitian Rosewood or Polynesian Rosewood, Macawood, Granadillo (''

Platymiscium ''Platymiscium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyly, monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. It has a Neotropical distribution, from northern Mexico to s ...

'' spp.) * Guyana Rosewood, Bastard Rosewood ('' Swartzia benthamiana'', ''

Swartzia leiocalycina ''Swartzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. ''Swartzia'' is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where ...

''), ('' Swartzia cubensis'') also as Northern Rosewood and for ('' Licaria guianensis'') also French Rosewood * Jamaica Rosewood ('' Erithalis fruticosa'') * Japanese Rosewood ('' Myrospermum erythroxylum'') * Mexican Rosewood, Dominican, Mayan Rosewood, Bocote; Barcino ('' Cordia elaeagnoides''), Bojon ('' Cordia gerascanthus''), Freijo (''

Cordia alliodora ''Cordia alliodora'' is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to the American tropics. It is commonly known as Spanish elm, Ecuador laurel, cypre or salmwood. It can reach 35 m in height. Taxonomy The s ...

''), Louro Preto ('' Cordia megalantha''), Ziricote ('' Cordia dodecandra'') * Patagonian Rosewood (''

Anadenanthera colubrina ''Anadenanthera colubrina'' (also known as vilca, huilco, huilca, wilco, willka, curupay, curupau, cebil, or angico) is a South American tree closely related to yopo, or ''Anadenanthera peregrina''. It grows to tall and the trunk is very thorn ...

'') * Tiete Rosewood ('' Guibourtia hymenaeifolia''), (''

Guibourtia chodatiana ''Guibourtia'' is a flowering plant genus in the family Fabaceae, also known by the common names as Rhodesian copalwood, African Rosewood, amazique, bubinga, kevazingo, and ovangkol. Description ''Guibourtia'' contains 16 species that are nativ ...

'') * Rhodesian Rosewood (''Guibourtia coleosperma'') see African Rosewood * West Indian Rosewood, Jamaica Rosewood, White Rosewood ('' Amyris balsamifera''); also as Lignum rhodium * Rosewood, Australian Rose Mahogany, Bastard Rosewood (''

'') * Western Rosewood, Inland Rosewood ('' Alectryon oleifolius'') * White Rosewood ('' Chionanthus ligustrinus''), (''

Anthocarapa nitidula ''Anthocarapa'' is a monotypic genus of tree in the family Meliaceae. The natural range of the one accepted species extends from eastern Malesia, Australia to the western Pacific Ocean. The single species, ''Anthocarapa nitidula'' is known col ...

'') * (Pau Ferro, Pau Rosa), rosewood substitute, ('' Machaerium firmum''), ('' Bobgunnia fistuloides''), ('' Bobgunnia madagascariensis''), ('' Berchemia zeyheri'') * Only because of scent; Rosewood oil, Oleum Ligni Rhodii, ('' Convolvulus floridus'' und ''

Convolvulus scoparius ''Convolvulus'' is a genus of about 200 to 250''Convolvulus''.
Flora of China.

''); also as Lignum rhodium, Lignum cyprinum * Other rosewoods; '' Colliguaja odorifera'', '' Erythroxylum havanense''

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* {{Woodworking Wood by type Plant common names