Description
Golden Sinan is a precious wood unique to China. Representative species Phoebe zhennan S. Lee (scientific name: Phoebe zhennan S. Lee): Originally called "Phoebe zhennan". Large arbor, more than 30 meters high, with straight trunks. Branchlets are usually thin, ribbed or nearly cylindrical, and are pubescent or pubescent to grayish-yellow or grayish-brown. The leaves are leathery, oval, 7-11 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, shiny and glabrous on the upper part or pilose along the lower half of the midrib, densely pubescent underneath, and umbel-like panicles are very spread, hairy, each The umbel has 3-6 flowers, and the flowers are medium-large, 3-4 mm long. The fruit is oval, leathery, close-fitting, pubescent on both sides or puberulent on the outside. Flowering period from April to May, fruit period from September to October.
Wild or cultivated; wild ones are mostly found in broad-leaved forests below 1500 meters above sea level. Mainly produced in China's Sichuan, western Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou and provinces south of the Yangtze River. According to records, among all the golden nanmu, Sichuan golden pheasant has the best material. It is a second-level national protected plant in China,
The wood has fragrance, straight grain and fine structure, and is not easy to deform and crack. It is excellent wood for construction and high-end furniture. Historically, golden nanmu was dedicated to the construction and furniture of royal palaces and a few temples. There are obviously more crystals in the golden nanmu than ordinary nanmu. The surface of the wood is gleaming in the sun, and the golden threads are emerging, and there is an elegant and delicate fragrance.
Jinsinan is a nanmu with golden silk and satin-like luster in some materials. In a broad sense, Phoebe nanmu refers to nanmu that shows cash and silk is called Phoebe nanmu. According to the industry tradition, Phoebe nanmu refers to Phoebe chinensis, Phoebe zhennan and Phoebe bournei.
