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Rosewood

Rosewood is a common name for many different woods, often causing confusion. In general, rosewoods have deep red and brown tones and beautiful grain making them ideal for furniture and musical instruments. Some woods are known as rosewood as well as other names such as Cocobolo, Kingwood, and Tulipwood.

Bolivian Rosewood (Machaerium sclieroxylon), as shownin the image above, is a dark brown wood with black and near purple grain, and found in Brazil and Bolivia.

Honduran Rosewood (Dalbergia, stevensonii) is a creamy brown wood that has burgundy overtones. It also grows in South America.

See Also
Cocobolo, Bocote (Mexican Rosewood)

NWFW does not sell wood; only items made from wood. Please see our links page for wood retailers. If you would like detailed information on specific woods used in any of our items, please contact us.

Northwest Fine Woodworking encourages the use of woods from sustainable yield resources.

For more information on wood types, we recommend the World Woods in Color by William Lincoln and other books on our recommended reading page.