Red sandalwood with large leaves

That is, African yellow sandalwood. In fact, large leaf red sandalwood is a misnomer of this kind of wood in the mahogany furniture market. It is called to deliberately improve its value. The new section of the heartwood of the big leaf red sandalwood is orange red. After a long time, the color will change into dark brown or dark purple. It will emit an acid aroma, which is similar to red sandalwood. However, its texture is thick, mostly red and brown, and the brown eyes are relatively large. The brown line is long and not curved. The cow hair pattern formed by the pipe hole has the characteristics of long, straight, thick and much, which looks coarser than that of red sandalwood.

Lobular red sandalwood

That is, Indian red sandalwood, belonging to rosewood. Small leaf red sandalwood has the aroma of sandalwood. The lobular red sandalwood of the new material is red in color and has black stripes. A very fine cow hair pattern can be found on its section, while there are banded stripes on the radial section. The stripes are generally straight, mostly dark and light, and the width of the stripes is about 3-5mm, mostly yellow.

Distinction between small leaf red sandalwood and large leaf red sandalwood

When the outer bark of red sandalwood is removed, it can be found that there is a layer of biomass between the outer bark and heartwood, that is, white skin. When the outer bark of red sandalwood is removed, what you can see is heartwood. Basically, there is no secondary substance, and it is difficult to see white skin.

The color of big leaf red sandalwood is light, the texture gap is wide and straight, and the texture color is often red and white. Dry and oil-free, black silk is often seen in the brown line,

Local water ripple is obvious. Small leaf red sandalwood is much more oily than big leaf red sandalwood and looks more spiritual. The glossiness and lubricity of polished large leaf red sandalwood are worse than that of small leaf red sandalwood, and the market price gap between them is large.

The growth of small leaf red sandalwood is extremely slow. Generally, a ring of growth rings takes seven or eight years, while the growth rate of large leaf red sandalwood is much faster. Therefore, small leaf red sandalwood 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 draw it on the white paper. When there are purplish red scratches, it indicates that it is large leaf red sandalwood, while the scratch color of Indian red sandalwood is orange. From the perspective of texture, the texture of small leaf red sandalwood is fine, while that of large leaf red sandalwood is coarse.