Description
Erythrophleum fordii (Latin name: Erythrophleum fordii Oliv.), aliases: Ironwood, Doudengfeng; tree, usually about 10 meters high, sometimes up to 30 meters; tender branches and young buds are rust-colored pubescent. Leaves alternate, double pinnately compound leaves, glabrous; usually 3 pairs of pinnae; leaflets alternate, ovate or ovate-elliptic; petioles are 2.5-3 mm long. The panicles arranged by spikes are 15-20 cm long; the total pedicel is rust-colored pilose; the calyx is bell-shaped, and the outside is sparsely pilose; the stamens are 10, glabrous, twice as long as the petals; The room is oblong, stalked, and densely covered with yellow-white pilose. The pods are oblong and flat; the seeds are oblong, slightly flat, and the seed coat is dark brown. Flowering period from May to June; fruiting period from August to October.
Erythrophleum fordii is distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places in China. Grid wood is a precious hardwood tree species. The wood is hard and is called iron wood. It is extremely resistant to corrosion. It is an excellent building, craft and furniture material. It is resistant to water and humidity and can be used as a material for shipboards, mast plugs, and high-end furniture. The cross-section tube holes and parenchyma form a pattern, which is like a school of deep-sea fish, which is beautiful and magnificent. The grid wood structure is uniform, the material is hard, and it is especially suitable for turning. The turning products are extremely beautiful.
