| Scientific Name | Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. |
| Trade Name | Rosewood |
| Local Name | Veeti,Eeti,Kariveeti |
| Family | Leguminosae |
| Tree Size | Medium to large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 15 - 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 130 |
| Tree Distribution | Secondary moist mixed deciduous and semi-evergreen forest |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Scarcely distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale yellowish white with pinkish tinge |
| Heartwood Colour | Purplish brown with darker streaks |
| Hardness | Hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.66 |
| Weight | Heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 753 |
| Texture | Medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight to shallowly interlocked grain |
| Growth Rings | Indistinct to fairly distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Small to medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | solitary and in radial multiples of two to four |
| Vessel Diameter | 125 - 210 170 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 210 - 335 335 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal to oval |
| Pit Size | Large(9-15 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and pit outline polygonal to oval occurs throughout the ray cell |
| Ray Nature | Fine to very fine,numerous and closely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | 1-3 cell wide;homogeneous to nearly heterogenous type 3. Wholly made up of procumbent cells or having a single marginal row of square cells |
| Ray Number | 8 - 11 |
| Ray Height | 170 - 315 240 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled,non-septate; simple pits on radial walls; storied |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 845 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 92700 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 943 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 101700 |
| Uses | Class-1 plywood, decorative plywood, aircraft plywood, marine plywood, tool handles, artificial limbs, textile mill accessories, chess pieces, discus and carom draughts, musical, mathematical, engineering and drawing instruments, bentwood articles, handicrafts, wells & wheels, window & door frames, brushware, carts & carriages, joiner & interior fittings, masts, felloes, wagons, knaves, mine props, combs, printing and blocks. |
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