According to relevant literature records, "chicken wing wood" is a type of wood name that people encounter in the study of furniture production materials in the Ming and Qing dynasties, specifically refers to what tree wood, there are many sayings, some say catalpa wood, some say acacia wood, some say red bean wood, some say cliff bean wood, and so on, until 2000, "chicken wing wood" furniture material types of division, identification, name is more chaotic, to August 1, 2000 China formulated and implemented the "mahogany" national standard GB / T18107-2000 scientifically defined the "chicken wing wood species and their wood characteristics", which solved the chaotic phenomenon of "chicken wing wood" in the folk and market.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the origin of the name "chicken wing wood"</h1>
Chicken wing wood belongs to the international mahogany, because of its wood heartwood string cut surface has a shape like chicken wings ("V" shape) pattern, is the production of high-grade furniture, jewelry, ornaments of precious wood. Chicken wing wood, as the name of a type of wood, has always been unpopular with botanists and woodologists, who believe that it is folk saying and joke wood, but the "chicken wing wood" saying is widely spread in the folk. Until 2000, China issued the national standard for the implementation of "Mahogany", which included three species of chicken wing wood, which made chicken wing wood have a scientific basis.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the necessary conditions for "chicken wing wood" in China's national standards</h1>
In the national standard of "mahogany" formulated by China in 2000, it is stipulated that chicken wing wood must have four conditions:
1, for the cliff bean genus and iron knife wood genus tree species;
2, the wood structure is very fine to fine, the average pipe chord diameter is not more than 200 μm;
3, when the moisture content of wood is 12%, the dry density of gas is greater than 0.80;
4, for the heartwood of wood, the material color is black brown or chestnut brown, and there is a chicken wing pattern on the string surface.
This national standard is of great help for correctly understanding and grasping the characteristics of chicken wing wood, and provides scientific indicators and basis for correct identification of chicken wing wood.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the "chicken wing wood" type in China's national standards</h1>
There are three species of "chicken wing wood" included in the national standard of "mahogany" implemented in China in 2000, which are:
1, African cliff bean tree: the scientific name is Millettia laurentii, which belongs to the legume genus tree species in plant taxonomy, mainly produced in the Congo (Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Dr. Kinshasa), with a dry gas density of 0.80.
2, White Flower Cliff Bean Tree: The scientific name is Millettia leucanth, which belongs to the legume family in plant taxonomy, produced in Myanmar, with a dry air density of 1.02.
3, Iron Knife Wood: The scientific name is Cassia siamea, which belongs to the legume iron knife wood genus tree species in plant taxonomy, produced in South Asia, Southeast Asia and China's Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, with a dry gas density of 0.63-1.01.
In summary, chicken wing wood is a type of high-grade wood for making furniture since the Ming and Qing dynasties, and its name is named because it resembles a chicken wing pattern on the heart string section of the wood; in order to avoid confusion, China introduced the "Mahogany" national standard in 2000, which clearly stipulates the tree species referred to by the chicken wing wood, that is, the chicken wing wood includes African cliff bean wood, white flower cliff bean wood and iron knife wood.
The above is for personal reference only.
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