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Subject:identifying wood species
Posted By: bouret94 Thu, Dec 24, 2015 IP: 81.57.210.18

What could be the species of wood that is extremely heavy 26 Kgs
Thank's



Subject:Re: identifying wood species
Posted By: j lewis Thu, Dec 24, 2015

It probably is one of the many members of the rosewood clan -- some of the unrelated -- which are heave reddish woods. Several are overexploited for carvings like this one and furniture.

Subject:Re: identifying wood species
Posted By: kirk Sun, Jan 17, 2016

This is a wood type the Chinese call Longyanmu. It comes from the long cut of trees that produce a burl, about 2 feet below (dependent on particular sp) Usually Pterocarpus indicus, but there are various species that produce this burl the Chinese call Huamu. Usually among the Pterocarpus or Dalbergia genera, but can include: walnut & nanmu.


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