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Nomenclature. Family: FABACEAE-FABOIDEAE. Other trade relevant species: possibly also including Dalbergia normandii. Further trade and local names: andramena à petites feuilles, manary mena (FR, MG); voamboana, volompoina, volombodipona vavy (MG); bois de rose (FR); Madagaskar Palisander (DE); Madagascar rosewood, Madagascar tulipwood (GB); palisandro violeta de Madagascar (ES). Code according to DIN EN 13556: none.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Listed in Annex II(B).
Geographic distribution. Madagascar & other islands. Eastern Madagascar.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically red (vibrant claret to reddish violet, darkening to nearly black); without streaks. Sapwood distinct from heartwood colour. Odour indistinct or absent. Wood heavy and hard (± 0.93 g/cm3). Interlocked grain absent (rarely weakly interlocked).
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 medium to large (80–200–300 µm); very few (1–4). Tyloses absent. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present (dark reddish brown).
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma present; predominantely banded, or 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.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent. Water extract not fluorescent; colour shade of water extract colourless to brown, or yellow. Heartwood extractives leaching out when in contact with water. Ethanol extract fluorescent (bluish violet); colour shade of ethanol extract colourless to brown, or red. Froth test positive. Splinter burns to charcoal.
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’.
