Jin Sinan is a precious wood unique to China. The representative species Nanmu (scientific name: Phoebe zhennan S. Lee): formerly known as "Zhennan". Big tree, more than 30 meters high, with straight trunk. Branchlets are usually thin, angular or nearly cylindrical, and are grayish yellow or grayish brown villous or pubescent. Leaves leathery, oval, 7- 1 1 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide. The upper surface is glossy, hairless or hairy along the lower half of midvein, and the lower surface is densely pubescent. Thymus is very stretched and hairy, and each umbel has 3-6 flowers, which are of medium size and 3-4 mm long. Fruit oval, leathery, close-fitting, two-sided? Outside is pubescent or puberulent. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is 9-65438+1October.

Wild or cultivated; Wild species are mostly found in broad-leaved forests below 1500 meters above sea level. Location: Sichuan, China, western Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou and provinces south of the Yangtze River. According to records, among all the forests in Jin Sinan, Jin Sinan in Sichuan is the best. Belonging to the national second-class protected plants,

Wood has fragrance, straight texture, fine structure and is not easy to deform and crack. It is an excellent wood for buildings and high-grade furniture. Historically, nanmu was specially used for the buildings and furniture of royal palaces and a few temples. There are obviously more crystals in Jin Sinan wood than ordinary nanmu, and the surface of the wood shines in the sun, with gold thread emerging and elegant fragrance.

Jin Sinan is the general name of Phoebe bournei (including Phoebe bournei, Phoebe bournei, Phoebe bournei and Phoebe bournei). ) with gold thread in some materials. Jin Sinan in a broad sense refers to Nanmu, which is called Jin Sinan. In ancient and modern times, Jin Sinan was another name for purple nanmu.

From the price point of view, there are: Aquilaria Resinatum, Daphne, Pterocarya, Huang Huali, Fraxinus mandshurica, Jujube, Walnut, Peach and so on. Among them, the quality of all kinds of wood will also make the price of a single object fluctuate. Aquilaria sinensis is the most expensive, and its gram price is comparable to that of gold.

Now most people like wood: lobular rosewood, ebony, serpentine, rosewood, camphor wood, golden nanmu, sandalwood, Taihang golden cypress and other beautiful wood, it is best to be liked!