Is rosewood an endangered species? What are the regulatory conditions for importing from abroad

There are many classifications of pear. This pear is just a general term. You still have to know more about the origin. Wait a minute.

Rosewood has bright colors, clear and beautiful texture, there are this tree species in Guangdong, Guangxi in China, but the number is not much, and a large number of materials mainly rely on imports. According to the "Essentials of the Museum", it is recorded: "The pear is produced (i.e., Jiaozhi) in the wide (i.e., Guangdong, Guangxi) streams, a palmetto tree, the leaves are like pears and there is no substance, the wood color is red and purple and the texture is delicate, and it can be used as utensils, tables, chairs, and scholars.

Guangzhou Chronicles" cloud: "The color of the palmetto is purple and red, slightly fragrant, and its pattern is like a ghost face, also similar to raccoon spots, also known as 'flower civet'." The old man has a fist song, the young one has a straight line, and its knots are halo like money, and the size is wrong.

Qiongzhou Chronicles" cloud: "Rosewood produces Yazhou, Changhua, and Lingshui. "Huang Province of the Ming Dynasty once "Western Tributary Records" contains:

There are two kinds of rosewood, one is palmetto, arbor, which is produced in all parts of southern China. One is Hainan sandalwood, deciduous tree, produced in the South China Sea, both can be used as high-end furniture. The book also points out that Hainan sandalwood is thinner than palmetto wood and can be used for carving.

According to Chapter 29 of the Antique Guide, "Huali is the general name of pear wood, and all pear wood that is not the original pear wood is extremely hard and red, but the silk is extremely thick." ”

Since the Tang Dynasty, rosewood has been used to make utensils in China. The Tang Dynasty collection of "Materia Medica" has a record of "palmetto wood out of Annan and the South China Sea, used as a bed, like red sandalwood and red, good sex". Ming's "Gegu Yao" mentions:

Rosewood out of the male, Guangdong, purple-red, similar to the true incense, also fragrant. Its flowers are cute with ghost faces, and those with thick flowers and light colors are low. Many people use it as a tea and wine cup.

Hou Kuanzhao's Flora of Guangzhou introduces a sandalwood called rosewood on Hainan Island. Hainan sandalwood is a special product of Hainan Island, a forest plant, which likes to be born in the shady and humid land of the valley. The wood is quite good, the sapwood is light in color, slightly loose in quality, and the heartwood is reddish-brown and hard.

The texture is delicate and beautiful, suitable for carving and furniture.

From the above records, it can be seen that there are more than two varieties of rosewood, and Huanghuali is the "Hainan sandalwood" introduced in the "Western Tributary Dictionary" of Huang Province in the Ming Dynasty.

There is also a species of wood similar to rosewood, called "musk". According to the "Zhufan Chronicles": "The musk wood came out of the city and the real wax, and the old servants of the tree were submerged in the soil and rotted.

Take the ripe one as the top. Its gas is vaguely like musk, so it is called musk. If the raw wood is cut and taken, the strength is evil, and it is inferior.

The spring people mostly think that it is used as a tool, such as rosewood and the like. ”

There are also new and old rosewoods. Laohuali is also known as Huanghuali, the color is from light yellow to purple red, the color is delicious, the texture is clear and fragrant. The more elaborate furniture of the Ming Dynasty was mostly made of old rosewood.

The color of the new rosewood is red yellow, and the texture color is slightly worse than that of the old rosewood. These characteristics of rosewood are mostly used and exerted by craftsmen when making utensils, and they generally use the whole body light element without carving, so as to highlight the natural beauty of the wood itself and give people a quiet and soft feeling.

Summary. No, the pro-safflower pear is also known as African red sandalwood, Soyo red sandalwood, Shao's red sandalwood, etc., safflower pear is a common name in the market, does not belong to the category of mahogany, but is a butterfly flower family, red sandalwood trees, Africans usually call safflower pear this wood as paduk, belongs to the big tree.

No, the pro-safflower pear is also known as African red sandalwood, Suoyo red sandalwood, Shao's red sandalwood, etc., safflower pear is a common name in the market, does not belong to the category of mahogany, but is a kind of butterfly-shaped flower family, red sandalwood trees, Africans usually call the safflower pear this kind of fluttering wood called paduk, belongs to the big tree.

Safflower pear is mostly distributed in the African evergreen rainforest zone from Nigeria to Angola in the equatorial area, mainly growing in tropical West Africa and eastern Africa, with Nigeria, Cameroon, Zaire, Gabon, Ghana, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Angola and other countries as the main exporters. Safflower rosewood has good gluing and nail holding power, good drying performance, good durability, and good durability.

"Safflower pear" is a common name in the market, and its scientific name is non-cautious Zhou red sandalwood or Shao's red sandalwood. Before the introduction of the national standard for mahogany, many Duanchen people called safflower kuanran pears as mahogany. Its color is very red, so it can be easily confused with mahogany, and many people still believe it to be mahogany.

In addition to the similarity in color with mahogany, it also has one of the biggest characteristics is that it is in the same family as hedgehog rosewood, which is difficult to distinguish, and it is difficult to detect the difference between safflower pear and hedgehog rosewood even if it is tested by instrument. And the hedgehog rosewood is the standard mahogany. Compared with other mahogany materials, hedgehog rosewood is relatively rich in production, and it belongs to the "civilian wood" in mahogany.