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Licaria´s Heartwood is a dark purplish or reddish brown with darker black streaks. Sapwood is a pale yellow. Although Kingwood is not evaluated on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, it is listed on CITES appendix II under the genus-wide restriction on all Dalbergia species – which also includes finished products made of the wood. Considered a true rosewood in the Dalbergia genus, Licaria is among the densest (and probably strongest) of all the rosewoods. There is very little mechanical data available on Licaria (Kingwood, though given its weight, and its relation to other rosewoods, it’s likely to be extremely stiff, strong, and stable.

Licaria is a very strong and very heavy wood (density of air-dried wood is 833 to 1,153 kg/m3 (52 to 72 lb/ft3)); the wood is difficult to work. It cuts smoothly and takes an excellent finish but requires care in gluing. Kaneelhart has excellent resistance to both brown- and white-rot fungi and is also rated very high in resistance to dry-wood termites. Uses of kaneelhart include furniture, turnery, boat building, heavy construction, and parquet flooring.

Typical use

Furniture, turnery, boat building, heavy construction, and parquet flooring, inlays, veneers, tool handles, and other small turned and/or specialty items.

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