African pear, African pear, hedgehog rosewood the difference between the three?
Hedgehogs produce a lot of origin, different origin of different fragrance, like fragrant pear as fragrant, there are slightly fragrant, with or without fragrance, fragrant smell. In general, the Mali origin of the best flavor (the heaviest wood, red with brown-based, such as red acid-like color, the best oil), Bissau is also very fragrant (red with yellow, less than Mali, Texture is more straight and woody majority), the Gambia's fragrant also fragrant (red brown-based, texture changes infinitely changing, Ying-shou rich, good oil, wood brown eyes small), Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire , Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana and other origin, whether it is woody, oily, wood aesthetic elements less than the three countries before the hedgehog rosewood wood good.
Many people on the market that hedgehog rosewood is African pear, African pear is hedgehog rosewood, in fact, this is the wrong understanding. The market generally said that African pear is actually African pear, not hedgehog rosewood. In order to distinguish, it was called the African fragrant pear, since the same is produced in Africa, by the way also known as the African pear, so hedgehog rosewood for a long time was mistaken for a pear. Hedgehogs red sandalwood aroma is not everyone that is the aroma, the smell of sub-pear is that everyone has a consensus, so with its use of aroma to distinguish, it would be better to have a distinction with the smell is not real.
Hedgehog rosewood delicate structure, the heart is orange or purple, the material is light yellow and white, with dark stripes, there are obvious fragrance, but because of different origin, its fragrance is also different. Hedgehogs red sandalwood is not easy to deformation, material stability, corrosion resistance, do not fade, is the production of furniture, wood flooring, decorative finest raw materials.
Hedgehog rosewood is a kind of mahogany, because of its material table has more drums, a bit like a hedgehog, so called hedgehogs red sandalwood. And because it is mainly produced in Africa, color and pattern more like pear, so the market is also a lot of people called "African pear."
