ROSEWOOD

Timber from South Asia and Africa.
It has a beautiful dark colour combining black and purple with light (light yellow) hues. Very decorative.
Hard and stable timber used mainly for the production of furniture, doors and floors, Extraordinary resistance to weather conditions, insects and fungi means that products made of rosewood can be used outdoors (garden furniture or floors on outdoor terraces). A beautiful, mysterious colour makes it a very attractive and popular material for floors.
Rosewood requires high quality machining tools due to its hardness and mineral content.

hardness	specific gravity with 12% moisture content	stability	maximum volume loss in drying