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Nomenclature. Family: FABACEAE-FABOIDEAE. Further trade and local names: andramena, hazovola, hitsika, manary adaba, sovodrano, sovoka (MG); Madagaskar Palisander (DE); palissandre rouge des Marais (FR); Madagascar rosewood (GB,US). Code according to DIN EN 13556: none.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Listed in Annex II(B).
Geographic distribution. Madagascar & other islands.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically medium (white coffee) to dark brown; occasionally with streaks, or without streaks. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Wood heavy and hard (0.81–0.90 g/cm3). Interlocked grain absent.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels (pores) in multiples; commonly in short (2–3 vessels) radial rows and in radial rows of 4 or more (few). Vessels of rather different size and unevenly distributed over the cross section. Vessels large (140–280–370 µm); very few (2–5). Tyloses absent. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present.
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; banded and not banded. Parenchyma bands not (only) marginal; narrow to wide; much wider than rays. Other macroscopically visible types of axial parenchyma: aliform lozenge type, aliform winged, confluent.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure present. Tiers regular (horizontal or slightly inclined); 4–5 per axial millimetre.
Resin canals. Normal resin canals absent.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent. Water extract not fluorescent; colour shade of water extract colourless to brown. Heartwood extractives leaching out when in contact with water (dark brown). Ethanol extract fluorescent (dull green); colour shade of ethanol extract colourless to brown (black brown). Froth test positive. Splinter burns to partial ash; colour of ash white to grey.
Additional information. • Transverse section + wood surface. Transverse section ca. 10x. Radial surface, natural size.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Richter, H.G., Gembruch, K., and Koch, G. 2014 onwards. CITESwoodID: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, and Spanish. Version: 4th April 2023. www.delta-intkey.com’.
