Chinese name: Angora pterostilbene
Latin name: Pterocarpus angolensis
English name: Umbila
Family name: Fabaceae
Genus name: Pterocarp
Non-standard name: Khmer red African Burmese flower
Local names: Umbila, Amala (Mozambique), Muniga, Girassonde, Mutete (Angola), Muninga, Mukwa (Zimbabwe, Zambia), Kiaat, Kajat, Kajaatenhout (South Africa), Mninga, Mtumbati (Tanzania).
Half-ring to loose bore. The tube hole is visible to the naked eye, fewer, slightly larger; Single tube hole and diameter row compound tube hole (2~3 pieces); It has reddish-brown gum and abundant invaders. Axial parenchyma is visible to the naked eye, developed, chordal band, wing, polypterygoid and wheel boundary. Slightly visible under wood-ray magnification, slightly dense, very narrow. Large tree, 15m tall, about 0.6m in diameter at the breast.
Glossy and slightly aromatic. texture until slightly interlaced; Fine structure; medium weight and hardness; slightly higher intensity; Minimal shrinkage. Good processing performance; Good glue, polishing, hot bending, nail grip; Corrosion resistant. Slow drying, good quality. Gas dry density 0.66 cm3.
Angora rosewood though is not the world's rosewood. But in the current rosewood market on the mainland, there are also many Angolan rosewood. The Angolan pterostilbene currently on the market on the mainland is mainly the main material for the production of some high-end furniture.
The leftover Angolan rosewood and small materials used to make high-end furniture will be used to make sandalwood. However, it is used as an auxiliary material for making sandalwood, because the smell of Angolan rosewood is not as good as that of Indian sandalwood, so to make sandalwood with Angolan rosewood, you must mix part of the sandalwood into it, or the quality of the sandalwood is much inferior
Angolan pterostilbene is often used in the country is high cotton pear, Khmer, widely distributed in tropical southern Africa, from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Tanzania, South Africa and Eswatini vast area, and is introduced to a small area of Kenya often with container transportation, imported from Mozambique The name high cotton pear is only a deliberately misleading name for some timber merchants in the past in order to confuse this wood with rosewood of Southeast Asian origin, once it has become a common name in today's market.
Angora pterostilbene has a good aroma, not like the sour and sour smell of some mahogany, her fragrance is soft and gives a pleasant feeling.
Angolan rosewood appears mostly on furniture, shipbuilding, and some other tools, and rarely in ornaments. Why is Angolan rosewood not a mahogany? First of all, it is not yet a species controlled by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and it is believed that there are still many species of Angolan rosewood that do not need to be included for the time being, but it is said that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed it as threatened, but it is still contrary to inclusion in the redwood list, although many people believe that in the near future, Angolan rosewood will also be regulated.