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Re: Rosewood vs grenadilla

Author: dubrosa22
Date: 2017-08-09 02:24

Wood names are confusing. Most woods used in clarinet and wooden flutemaking are in fact Rosewoods:

Grenadilla is a Rosewood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) but often called African Blackwood.

Jacaranda is usually another name for Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
[however it shouldn't be confused with the common flowery Jacaranda Central/South American tree (also very common in South Africa and Australia now) which is a not a Rosewood at all but a member of the Bignoniaceae family (Jacaranda mimosifolia).]

Cocobolo is a Rosewood (Dalbergia retusa)

Palisander is a Rosewood (Dalbergia spp. (D. baronii, D. greveana, D. madagascariensis, and D. monticola)

Indian Rosewood is a Rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo)

Some woods in wind instrument making are not Rosewood:

Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens)

Cocuswood (Brya ebenus)

African Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii)

and New Guinea Rosewood is not a Rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus)

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