I'm looking for the name of a vietnamese hardwood. All I know is that
they make furniture out of it, it's very hard and heavy, and dark red
like rose wood. Any ideas?

On 13 Oct 2006 17:48:39 -0700, wrote:

I'm looking for the name of a vietnamese hardwood. All I know is that
they make furniture out of it, it's very hard and heavy, and dark red
like rose wood. Any ideas?


I believe it is Pterocarpus cambodianus - Padauk or Thonong.
Hope this helped