Rosewood is the name given to the genus of a group of trees that constitute the family of Bignoniaceae, and whose wood is used mainly for the manufacture of furniture.
Etymologically, the name rosewood emerged from Tupi-Guarani iakaranda. Scientifically, the correct term to name this genus of the plant kingdom (Plantae) is Rosewood Juss, referring to the French botanist and physician Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.
There are about 100 species of trees of the genus Rosewood, distributed mainly in regions of intertropical and subtropical America, such as Brazil, and in practically all temperate climate locations.
Jacaranda can have several uses, such as ornamentation of environments, due to the beauty of the flowers in some species, but the main use is in the extraction of their wood which, in some places, is considered to be of extreme value. commercial.
The best known species in Brazil is the black jacaranda or rose jacaranda, which has a pinkish and yellowish wood, being widely used in the making of decoration and adornment objects.
Some species of Jacaranda are at risk of extinction in their natural habitat, such as the jacaranda-mimoso (Jacaranda mimosifolia). This species is common in Bolivia, Argentina and in some regions of southern Brazil.
See also the meaning of Extinction.