What is "african rosewood"

Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Mach[ae]rium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.

African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus.

Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees ( Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina).

New South Wales rosewood, the wood of Trichilia glandulosa, a tree related to the margosa.

African rosewood is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Millettia laurentii, a legume tree from Africa and native to the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The tree produces "wenge", a kind of wood.
• Species in the genus Guibourtia, including
  • Guibourtia coleosperma, a tree species found almost exclusively on Kalahari Sand in Angola, but also in nearby south-central African countries.
• Hagenia abyssinica, also known as East African Rosewood, is a species of flowering plant native to the high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa.

Plants named African rosewood

|Millettia laurentii Hagenia_abyssinica_-_Köhler–s_Medizinal-Pflanzen-208.jpg|Hagenia abyssinica