A Brazilian wood much used for veneer and inlay work; it is similar to rosewood but lighter in colour and more heavily marked in a violet shade; often used \z bandings on satinwood veneer.
A dark, reddish-brown, sometimes purple wood similar to rosewood. Used primarily for inlay and veneer, Kingwood was popular in the 17th Century in the periods of Louis XV, Queen Anne and Late Georgian. It was mostly imported from Brazil.
Kingwood is classic furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture. It is purple with many fine darker stripes. It is yielded by Dalbergia cearensis, a smallish tree restricted to a small area in Brazil.