{"id":1099,"date":"2015-11-01T04:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2015-11-01T04:00:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T08:00:16","slug":"yucatan-rosewood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodturningpens.com\/yucatan-rosewood\/","title":{"rendered":"Yucatan Rosewood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The wood most commonly marketed as Yucatan Rosewood is known in the botanical world as Dalbergia<\/em> tucurensis<\/em>. Many of the regular readers of this site, as well as those with knowledge of the botanical designations of trees that yield popular lumber, will recognize the Dalbergia<\/em> genus as that which contains what are considered to be the “true” rosewoods. D. tucurensis<\/em> is indeed considered to be “true” rosewood, although the Dalbergia<\/em> genus also includes over 100 different specific and named species ranging from trees to climbing vines. Not every species in the Dalbergia<\/em> genus is rosewood but all “true” rosewoods are in the Dalbergia<\/em> genus.<\/p>\n D.<\/em> tucurensis<\/em> is a relative newcomer in the exotic lumber trade and is largely being exploited due to the scarcity and trade restrictions placed on other members of the Dalbergia<\/em> genus. D. tucurensis<\/em> is sometimes considered to be almost indistinguishable from the related, but highly regulated, D. stevensonii, <\/em>commonly known as Honduran Rosewood, about which I have written recently.<\/p>\n As the common name implies, D. tucurensis<\/em> can indeed be found in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, but also in the neighboring countries of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. D. tucurensis<\/em> may range as far south as the South American continent as well.<\/p>\n Currently, the most significant exports of D. tucurensis<\/em> are originating in Nicaragua, a development which has caused Nicaragua to petition the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES<\/a>) to include D. tucurensis<\/em> in their Appendices. I will discuss in greater detail later in the Sustainability section of this article.<\/p>\n Other common names for D. tucurensis include, but are certainly not limited to: Panama Rosewood, Nicaraguan Rosewood.<\/p>\n Note that some wood retailers label D. tucurensis as D. yucatensis. This is incorrect; there is no such recognized designation in the botanical literature and it is uncertain as to where this incorrect species designation originated.<\/p>\n For the sake of simplicity, I will refer to D. tucurensis<\/em> as Yucatan Rosewood from this point forward.<\/p>\n