Machaerium Firmum
A South American tree which furnishes a portion of the rosewood of commerce. Various species of the genus, under the common Brazilian name of Jaccaranda, are said to yield this wood, but there is some...
A South American tree which furnishes a portion
of the rosewood of commerce. Various species of the genus, under
the common Brazilian name of Jaccaranda, are said to yield this
wood, but there is some uncertainty about the origin of the
various commercial rosewoods.
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