Hedgehog rosewood family: leguminous, butterfly flower subfamily, rosewood, rosewood, one of 33 national standard redwood. It is mainly produced in tropical Africa, and is produced in West African countries such as Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, and Senegal. Diffuse materials, semi-annular materials tend to be obvious. The growth wheel is quite obvious. The heartwood is orange-red, brick red or purple-red, often with dark stripes, the scratches are visible to the obvious; the aroma is weak; the structure is fine; the texture is staggered. The main material is furniture, decorative, inlaid, and high-grade decorative wood flooring. Many people in the market believe that the hedgehog rosewood is the African rosewood, the African rosewood is the hedgehog red sandalwood. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. The African pear is generally said to be African avocado, not a hedgehog.
Hedgehog rosewood
It is said that the earliest use of this kind of wood to make furniture is in the Jiangmen area of ​​Guangdong. In 2003, Guangdong imported timber from West African countries such as Sierra Leone. When it first entered China, the price was very cheap, but the sales situation was not good, and the use and attention in the market were low. In 2006, this type of timber entered the mahogany furniture manufacturing industry, and sales increased. Until 2007, due to the price increase of timber, this kind of wood was gradually taken seriously by people, so the mass production began in Guangdong. The pattern of "African Pear" is not only good-looking, but the market price at that time is very cheap, about 5,000 yuan / ton, the wood is also relatively stable, not easy to crack. Therefore, the wood soon became the main material for some antique furniture manufacturers in Guangdong, and it gradually became popular in the local market, and began to infiltrate into Beijing, Shanghai and other places.
The local people also brought a wood sample called “African Pear†to the Chinese Academy of Forestry for identification of the nature of the wood. The results of the identification were: the wood samples provided by the manufacturer belonged to the family Fabaceae, Pteridopsis, and rosewood. , Latin name: pteroca rpus sp. Because the forestry of the Academy of Sciences identified only the class, the name of the tree species was not indicated. However, according to the Linkee experts who were in charge of the test at the time, this piece of wood known as "African Pear" is actually the Hedgehog rosewood in the rosewood class contained in the "Redwood" national standard.
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Wood experts pointed out that the hedgehog rosewood is a loose hole material, and the semi-annular hole material tends to be obvious. The growth wheel is slightly obvious or obvious. Heartwood purple red brown or reddish brown, often with dark stripes; wood has acid odor, scratches visible, wood immersion in water, its solution is fluorescent, tube hole inside the growth wheel, visible under the naked eye; chord diameter up to 290μm, average 177μm The number is very small to slightly less, 2 to 7 / mm22. The axial thin-walled tissue is rich and visible or visible under the magnifying glass, and the main band is thin and thin (mostly 2 to 4 cells wide). The structure is fine, the texture is staggered, and the air-dry density is 0.85 g/cm3. The wood has luster, good drying performance, good deformation resistance, easy lacquering, dyeing and good adhesive properties. Experts also said that countries such as West Africa have recently restricted the export of such timber due to severe logging, and based on this, such timber should have some room for appreciation.
The furniture made of African Hedgehog rosewood, whether it is classical furniture or European furniture, its wood grain expression is not at all comparable to the Vietnamese huanghuali, simple and thick, fully demonstrating the natural beauty of the material, exudes a strong cultural atmosphere. In a situation where the economic situation is unsatisfactory, the cost-effective African hedgehog rosewood is occupying the market with its unique artistic charm and conquering Chinese consumers.
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