Dalbergia cultrata seed
LATIN NAME: Dalbergia cultrata
COMMON NAME: Rosewood
The rosewood is the dark-hearted tree of the warm forest, and the fine, sweet scent of the heartwood has carried the name across the world. The tall, evergreen or semi-evergreen tree carries the pinnate leaves of the many small leaflets and the small, white, pea-like flowers in the axillary clusters through the warm season, to be followed by the small, flat pods. The heartwood carries the fine, sweet, rose-like scent of the old cabinet-makers, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden and the study collection. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The rosewood is a dark, historic subject of the plant science, and the sweet heartwood keeps showing up in the work on the rosewood group. The chemistry of the heartwood, which carries the fine, rose-like scent of the old cabinet-makers, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the fragrant woods, the tropical timber trees and the members of the pea family. The pinnate leaves and the tall, upright habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the rosewood is a regular subject of the work on the sweet-hearted trees of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The rosewood is a fine, historic tree of the warm garden and the study collection. The heartwood carries the fine, sweet, rose-like scent of the old cabinet-makers, cut and polished into the musical instruments and the fine furniture of the old craft, and the wild stands of the rosewoods are best left to the care of the conservation work, with the planted trees grown for the future of the wood. The small, white, pea-like flowers open through the warm season, and it is one of the fine choices for the warm garden and the long-term timber planting. It has been written about in the timber and the conservation papers for the rose-scented wood and the long history, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.
The rosewood is one of the fragrant timber trees of the warm forest, and the wild stands are best left to the care of the conservation work. The planted trees grow for the future of the wood.
To grow the rosewood from seed, sow the small, flat seeds a little below the surface of a tray of fine, free-draining soil, keep the tray in a warm, bright spot and water gently. The seedlings are up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, well-drained ground, the white clusters will come through the warm season.