Botanic Name: Dalbergia Latifolia
Origin: East India
Other names: Palisander, Palosanto de India
Sonokeling
Density: 650-850 kg/m3 40-53 lbs/ft3
Uses: Backs and sides, bridges, headplates, fingerboards
Bookedmatched.
Quartered Sawn.
Classic Size
Backs: mm4x200x540
Sides: mm3,5x100-110x780
Indian rosewood is a substitute for Brazilian rosewood. It is a lot lighter, not so dense, but more stable. The colours range from red to light brown with golden streaks, but often the colours are various shades of purple, which eventually oxidise to a brown colour.