紫檀木,植物学将其归属于豆科(其中的蝶形花亚科)、紫檀属中的一类。2000年5月发布的GB/T 18107-2000国家标准将其树种名定为“檀香紫檀”(P.santalinus),别名小叶紫檀、印度紫檀、紫旃等。 紫檀,一直被世人称之为“木中之王”。它的珍贵在于其资源奇缺、生长周期长,需数百年甚至于千年以上才能成材,且素有“十檀九空”、“节屈不直”和“粗不赢握”之说,紫檀木料的直径一般在10-18(cm)不等,很少有大于20cm且不空的完整料。 紫檀刚剖开时心材呈桔红色,久而转为紫红至紫黑色,也有为犀牛角 Rosewood, botany will be attributed to the leguminous (which Butterfly subfamily), a family of red sandalwood. May 2000 released GB / T 18107-2000 national standards for its species name as “Sandalwood red sandalwood” (P.santalinus), alias lobular red sandalwood, Indian red sandalwood, Aster. Rosewood, has been the world call “the king of wood.” It is precious because of its scarcity of resources, long growth cycle, need hundreds of years or even more than a thousand years to become a success, and known as “ten Tannongkong”, “flirtatious” and “crude does not win grip,” said, Rosewood wood generally 10-18 (cm) diameter, there is little more than 20cm and not empty the entire material. Rosewood just cut open when the heartwood was orange, long purple and purple to black, but also for the rhinoceros horn