Similar to rosewood, sandalwood is an evergreen shrub, which is produced in China, Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces. Strong woody, fragrant, yellow and white. Mostly used as spices or small objects such as fan ribs and boxes, the wood is not as good as rosewood.
Tan, Sanskrit means charity. Because of its hard wood, eternal fragrance, colorful and changeable, immortal and can ward off evil spirits, it is also called holy sandalwood. There are only sacred sandalwood, sandalwood, green sandalwood, red sandalwood, ebony and red sandalwood in the world, and the number is extremely limited. People often use ebony as a mascot to protect Anji Xiang. Because of its noble characteristics, Dalbergia odorifera was very popular in the ancient court of China and was widely worn by dignitaries.
How to identify ebony? The density of green sandalwood is in the middle, red sandalwood is at the bottom, green sandalwood is in the middle, and sandalwood floats on the water. Under the sealing film, crystal clear flocculent crystals will be formed on the surface of wood, because it is rich in organic matter and cannot be volatilized into crystals. As long as the sealing film is opened, the flocculent crystals will gradually disappear when exposed to the wind.
Red sandalwood, also known as longmu, belongs to the family Butterfly, a subtropical evergreen tree, mainly produced in India, Malay Peninsula, Philippines and other places, and also produced in Huguang, Yunnan and other places in China. The material of rosewood is dense and hard, and it is heavier when entering the water. A cubic meter of wood can reach 703 kilograms. The color tone is purple-black (dark rhinoceros role), slightly fragrant, deep and quaint, the heartwood is bloody ochre, with beautiful palindromes and stripes, and the annual rings are twisted into filaments, with dense brown eyes and no scars. If you use wine, it will be purple and stick to the bowl. Its resin or sawdust and file can be used as drugs for treating sores. Rosewood is mainly used to make high-grade furniture, musical instruments and other exquisite objects.
The way to identify rosewood is to gently rub the wood surface with an alcohol cotton ball. If the cotton ball is purple, it is rosewood; You can also scrape a little sawdust from the wood and soak it in wine. If there are blood-red silk strips in the sawdust, it is rosewood. Old rosewood does not fade when soaked in water, but will fall off when painted; The new rosewood will fade after soaking in water, but it will not fade after painting.
Similar to rosewood, sandalwood is an evergreen shrub, which is produced in China, Guangdong, Yunnan and other provinces. Strong woody, fragrant, yellow and white. Mostly used as spices or small objects such as fan ribs and boxes, the wood is not as good as rosewood.
Ebony belongs to persimmon, mainly produced in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar and other countries. The sapwood of ebony heartwood is obviously different, and the sapwood is white (yellowish brown or bluish gray) to light reddish brown; Heartwood black (pure black or slightly emerald) and irregular black heartwood (alternating stripes). The wood is shiny and has no special smell. The texture is black and white until it is shallow and staggered. It is corrosion-resistant, durable, hard and delicate, and it is a very rare precious material for making furniture and handicrafts.