Here in Florida I have run into wood turners who have used what they called “Florida rosewood”. Next door neighbor came up with a big tree and kindly enough gave me a big basal section. The tree is apparently a true rosewood, geneus Dalbergia. The stuff that has been planted around Florida seems to be Dalbergia sissoo, known commonly as North Indian rosewood or shisham, not to be confused with the widely used (for guitars) ‘East Indian Rosewood, or Dalbergia latifolia. Got some nice billets cut, big enough for tenors, and maybe a baritone or two. After re-sawing and a couple of years drying of course.
