Does anyone know where the best lobular rosewood is produced in China?

Indian lobular rosewood. The lobular rosewood is a precious redwood. In China, it is called the Imperial Wood. The lobular rosewood will turn dark purple after natural oxidation. Therefore, there is a purple gas coming from the east.

Sandalwood rosewood is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests, and the rosewood produced in Mysore, India is the best. Red sandalwood is hard in texture, ranging in color from dark black to reddish brown, and delicate in texture. There are many kinds of rosewood. Rosewood grows slowly. It only takes five years to grow once a year, and it takes more than 800 years to become wood. Its hardness ranks first in wood, and it is called "the wood of kings", which is incomparable to ordinary wood.

Most of them are produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests. India is such an environment, so it is generally believed that Indian rosewood is the best. In addition, it is also produced in Yunnan and Guangdong. As for the lobular rosewood made in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand, we heard that they all belong to rosewood, not rosewood. Because India's lobular rosewood sells well all over the world, many places have introduced lobular rosewood for cultivation, but through a lot of textual research by botanists, it is proved that its real origin is in the mountainous areas of southern and western India, especially Mysore, which belongs to subtropical climate and has some virgin forests. The climate is suitable for the growth of lobular rosewood, with sufficient rainfall and good sunshine, and it is not easy to store water.

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The lobular rosewood "is mostly produced in tropical and subtropical virgin forests, and the rosewood produced in Mysore, India and Myanmar is the best." Therefore, if you encounter lobular rosewood from India's neighboring countries, such as "Nepalese material" and "Sri Lankan material", there is no doubt that it is definitely not authentic lobular rosewood. The truly high-quality wild lobular rosewood grows on a long mountain range at the junction of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in southern India. The mountains from Jidur to Goodby stretch for hundreds of kilometers. The mountain soil here is mostly red sandstone soil, which is rich in minerals, creating a bright red tree heart of lobular rosewood. In the picture below, we can see that in Goodberg, the trunk of wild lobular rosewood is inlaid with nameplates, and any missing will be immediately known by the inspectors. The Indian government's protection of lobular rosewood is very strict, and even too close will be banned.

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However, at present, all the rosewood circulating in the market is produced in other states around Mysore, India. Mysore rosewood not only disappeared in China, but also is a national treasure forbidden to cut down in India, which is protected by the government all the year round. Cutting down Mysore rosewood is a felony and will lead to imprisonment. It is understood that the origin of lobular rosewood currently circulating in the market is actually a surrounding area of the East Ghats in India, such as Goodberg, Nello, Chitur and Tirupati, and it grows mostly in hills and red sand. Among them, the main producing area is Cooper, and most of the natural wild forests of lobular rosewood are in Cooper. Even in the Goldberg area, the number of natural rosewood is very rare. Therefore, in view of the high wood value of this tree species, the Forestry Bureau encourages the planting of this tree species. Let's continue to introduce the difference between artificial forest and wild forest.

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Method/Step 2

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Pterocarya microphylla can be divided into wild forest and artificial forest according to different growth environments. Generally, wild forests grow naturally on the mountains without any human intervention, so the trunk that grows out is often uneven, but the texture is hard, and it often takes hundreds of years for the trunk to grow to a diameter of more than 20 cm. Plantations are generally planted artificially in plain areas. After 10-20 years, all kinds of nutrients and water are sufficient, and they can be cut down. Although artificially planted wood is also a variety of lobular rosewood, its wood is much worse than that of wild forest, with a diameter of 30-40 cm, but its texture is not hard enough, its moisture content is high, its core is white, and its economic value is much worse. Therefore, friends who love lobular rosewood must be cautious when purchasing products such as lobular rosewood bracelets. Before buying, they must know more about lobular rosewood, understand the market situation and identification method of lobular rosewood. Due to the proliferation of counterfeiting, in fact, except for the three famous Dalbergia odorifera, it is difficult to buy real lobular rosewood bracelets elsewhere.

Wild forests: There are two kinds of wild forests. One is trees that grow on hillsides and peaks. The soil here is scarce, mostly hard sandstone. In India, we can see lobular rosewood tenaciously growing in the cracks of red sandstone and absorbing nutrients from dry sandstone. In southern India, there is only a short rainy season for one or two months a year, so it can't be useful for hundreds of years. The harsh growth environment has created the strength of the king of lobular rosewood, making it a high-density, high-oil and purplish red heartwood. This kind of lobular rosewood is the most precious. The other is growing on the hillside near the flat ground, where there is some soft soil and rich nutrition. After discovering the economic value of Pterocarya microphylla, the Indian government planted a part of it at 1930. Although it is man-made, the growth process is not disturbed by human beings, so it can also be classified as wild forest. The wood of this kind of tree is slightly worse than the peak and hillside, but it is also a fine product.

Plantation:

The so-called planting of lobular rosewood (sandalwood rosewood) refers to an unnatural wild forest cultivated and planted by artificially collecting seeds. It is understood that in India, the artificial cultivation of lobular rosewood does have a long history. Although Pterocarya stenoptera plantation and wild forest are the same tree species, their wood materials are quite different, and they are basically "one-sided goods". The heartwood color of artificial lobular rosewood is generally light, yellowish and often mixed with white heart.

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Difference between artificial forest and wild forest

Although Pterocarya stenoptera plantation and wild forest are the same tree species, their wood materials are quite different, and they are basically "one-sided goods".

The heartwood color of artificial lobular rosewood is generally light, yellowish and often mixed with white heart.

The plantation is also very oily and looks obviously dry.

Moreover, after the artificial rosewood leaves for a period of time, there will be obvious explosion at the end.

After on-site firing test, the lobular rosewood of artificial forest also has the unique sandalwood flavor of lobular rosewood, but it is not as mellow as the fragrance of wild forest. The reason why it smells is that some highly imitated Zambian rosewood (blood sandalwood) logs are very similar to lobular rosewood, but they do not have the unique sandalwood flavor of lobular rosewood. Some merchants will sell these high imitation materials under the brand name of lobular rosewood, such as Indian peripheral materials, northern materials, artificial forests and so on. By burning and grinding odors, they can be eliminated and identified more accurately.

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What needs to be rumored is that some rosewood materials on the market are artificial forests, but the quantity and proportion are very small, which is not as common as some wooden friends think. Because the artificial forest of lobular rosewood is obviously inferior to the wild forest in material and easy to distinguish, the market recognition and price are not high. Artificial forest and wild forest are legally the same species of sandalwood rosewood, which is also under international endangered control. Therefore, the risks and channel costs of transporting artificial forests and wild forests from India to China are the same. From the perspective of interests, timber merchants spend the same channel costs and bear the same risks, and generally do not choose low-priced plantation timber, so there are not many plantation rosewood entering China at present. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "rosewood has no aniseed", and it is really difficult to see aniseed in the lobular rosewood in the wild forest. But there will be some big ingredients in the plantation rosewood. This lobular rosewood log has a diameter of more than 7 meters and a maximum diameter of more than 90 centimeters. Although it is a lobular rosewood plantation, it is also a very rare big guy.

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Wood of counterfeit lobular rosewood in the market

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Pterocarya macrophylla

That is, Dalbergia lutea, which is produced in Madagascar, entered China in 1990s, and its wood is not as good as lobular rosewood. Red sandalwood belongs to black rosewood, which is sour red after cutting. It is not easy to form patina, and it will turn yellow and white after a long time. The density ratio of lobular rosewood to water is 1: 1.3, while the big leaf rosewood is only 1: 1.05. The lobular rosewood is orange-red after cutting and has sandalwood flavor. After oxidation, it becomes dark brown and finally purple, and it is not easy to fade after forming patina.

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South whitening acid branch

Mainly produced in southern Mexico, Brazil, Trinidad and other places, it is purple-black in the sun after sawing, similar to rosewood, which is easy to be confused. These two kinds of wood can be put into small beakers respectively. The water extract of rosewood has light blue fluorescence in natural light, while the broad bean has no fluorescence. The density ratio of broad beans to water is1:0.85 ~1:1.17, which is also smaller than that of red sandalwood.

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"safflower pear", also known as African rosewood.

Mainly produced in Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Congo and other countries in Africa. The color is bright red after cutting and brick red after oxidation. Compared with water, the density is only 1: 0.8, and it does not sink into water, but it is coarse and has a loose texture.

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Ivory Coast rosewood

Known as "Ketan", this industry is produced in C? te d 'Ivoire and Togo. Its scientific name is Shuangxiong Sumu, which belongs to the genus Sumu. It has nothing to do with rosewood, and it does not belong to the national standard tree species of rosewood. The ratio of density to water is about 1: 1.05. There is no smell of sandalwood after cutting, and there is little oil. It is light red at first, and it will change color and turn yellow after a long time.

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Blood sandalwood in Zambia

Zambia blood sandalwood has misled many experts in the mahogany industry and mistakenly thought it was sandalwood rosewood (lobular rosewood). In fact, this is not because experts are not professional and sophisticated enough!

It has nothing to do with rosewood, and it does not belong to the national standard tree species of rosewood. When the moisture content of wood is 65438 0.2%, the air-dried density is greater than 65438 0.00 g/cm3. The wood structure is fine to fine, and the average tangential diameter of the tube hole is not more than160μ m ... The heartwood of wood is red and purple, but it turns black and purple after a long time. After cutting, there is no smell of sandalwood and less oil.

At present, 90% of the raw materials posing as lobular rosewood on the market are Zambian blood sandalwood.