How to distinguish between small-leaf rosewood and large-leaf rosewood

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The difference between small-leaf rosewood and large-leaf rosewood

Because small-leaf red sandalwood and large-leaf red sandalwood have many similarities in appearance, some unscrupulous merchants will use large-leaf red sandalwood to pass off small-leaf red sandalwood. In order to prevent being deceived, let’s briefly understand the difference between the two.

Big-leaf rosewood

It is African rosewood. In fact, big-leaf rosewood is a misnomer for this kind of wood in the mahogany furniture market. It is called this to deliberately raise the profile of rosewood. its worth. The newly cut surface of the heartwood of big-leaf rosewood is orange-red. Over time, the color will turn into dark brown or deep purple. It will emit a sour aroma and resemble red sandalwood. However, its texture is thick, mostly reddish-brown, and the eyes are browner. Large, the brown lines are long and not curved, and the ox hair pattern formed by the tube holes is long, straight, thick and numerous, and looks rougher than rosewood.

Small leaf rosewood

Indian rosewood , belongs to the rosewood category. Small-leaf rosewood has the aroma of sandalwood. The new material of small-leaf rosewood is red in color and has black stripes. On its cut surface, you can find very fine ox hair patterns, and on the radial cut surface, there are band-like stripes. The stripes are generally straight and mostly alternate between dark and light. , the width of the stripes is about 3-5 mm, mostly yellow.

The difference between small-leaf rosewood and large-leaf rosewood

When the outer bark of the small-leaf red sandalwood is removed, it can be found that there is a layer of biomass between the outer bark and the heartwood, which is the white bark. When the outer bark of the big-leaf rosewood is removed, what is seen is the heartwood. Basically, no secondary matter can be seen, and it is difficult to see the white bark.

The color of big-leaf rosewood is light, and the texture gaps are relatively wide and straight. The color of the texture is often red and white. It is dry and non-greasy, with mostly black threads in the brown lines, and local water ripples are obvious. Small-leaf rosewood is much more oily than large-leaf rosewood and looks more spiritual. After polishing, the gloss and oiliness of large-leaf rosewood are worse than that of small-leaf rosewood, and the market price gap between the two is large.

The growth of small-leaf rosewood is extremely slow, usually with a ring of growth rings It takes seven or eight years to grow, but the growth rate of big-leaf rosewood is much faster. Therefore, small-leaf rosewood generally only appears in some small handicrafts and is rarely made into furniture.

Here is a simple way to distinguish these two types of wood. Take the wood and scratch it on a white paper. When there are purple-red scratches, it means it is big-leaf rosewood, and the scratch color of Indian rosewood is It is orange-red. From the texture point of view, the texture of small-leaf rosewood is fine, while the texture of large-leaf rosewood is relatively coarse.

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