一、前言国际市埸上最有名的珍贵木材是”红木”(Rosewood)。商品材“红木”通常包括豆科的紫檀属、黄檀属、苏木属和红豆树属的一些心材为红色或红褐色的树种。这些树种大都产在热带或亚热带的阔叶林内,由于过量的采伐和生长较慢,蓄积量日益减少,因此,国际市场上的销售价格急剧上升。五十年代末,其价格约10倍于松材,至七十年代中期, I. Preface The most famous precious timber on the international market is Rosewood. Commodity material “mahogany” usually includes legumes of red sandalwood, rosewood, hematoxylin and some of the heartwood of the genus is red or reddish brown tree species. Most of these tree species are in tropical or subtropical broad-leaved forests, and sales prices in the international market have risen sharply due to declining stocks due to excessive harvesting and growth. The late fifties, its price about 10 times the pine wood, to the mid seventies,