Шаблон:Redirect-synonymDalbergia latifolia (synonym Dalbergia emarginata) is a premier timber species, also known as the Indian rosewood (Tamil / தமிழ்: Eetti / ஈட்டி). It is native to low-elevation tropical monsoon forests of south east India.[1][2] Some common names in English include rosewood, Bombay blackwood, roseta rosewood, East Indian rosewood, reddish-brown rosewood, Indian palisandre, and Java palisandre.[1][2] Its Indian common names are beete, and satisal.[1] The tree grows to Шаблон:Convert in height and is evergreen, but locally deciduous in drier subpopulations.[1][2]
The tree has grey bark that peels in long fibres, pinnately compound leaves, and bunches of small white flowers.[1] It grows as both an evergreen and a deciduous tree in the deciduous monsoon forests of India making the tree very drought hardy.
Haematonectria haematococca is a fungal pest of the tree, causing damage to the leaves and the heartwood in Javanese plantations.[3] In India, trees may be subject to serious damage from a species of Phytophthora, a water mold genus.[3]
The tree produces a hard, durable, heavy wood that, when properly cured, is durable and resistant to rot and insects.[3] It is grown as a plantation wood in both India and Java, often in dense, single species groves, to produce its highly desirable long straight bore.[3] Wood from the tree is used in premium furniture making and cabinetry, guitar bodies and fretboards, exotic veneers, carvings, boats, skis, and for reforestation.[1][3]
Under the Indian Forest Act, 1927 the exportation of lumber products from wild harvested D. latifolia is illegal.[2] There exists an international high demand and price for the wood due to its excellent qualities of having a long straight bore, its strength, and its high density.[3] However, the tree is slow-growing; Javanese plantations were started in the late nineteenth century, but, due to its slow growth, plantations have not expanded beyond Java and India.[3] Many once popular uses for D. latifolia wood have now been replaced with Dalbergia sissoo wood and engineered rosewoods, for economic purposes in cottage industries.
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