Santos Rosewood

Botanical name: Machaerium scleroxylon

Origin: Bolivia
Weight: 850Kg/m³
Cutting: 2 square edged boards 4" and wider, 6' and longer
Dryness: Kiln dried
Other names: Caviuna, Jacaranda

A substitute rosewood of great beauty, red brown to deep purple brown, fine textured and beautifully marked, showing much of the character of the best rosewoods and superb for cabinet work. It is widely used as a veneer and it should be noted that the veneer is usually a little paler in colour, perhaps because of something in the veneer cutting process, and that attention needs to be paid to colour matching.

Attention should also be paid to potential skin allergy.