Talk:Cocuswood

Would Granadilla wood or African blackwood be more findable to an oboist than this obscure variant of cocoswood? Dalbergia melanoxylon is the scientific name I think. The generic article for all woods used in musical instruments is "Tone-wood". There is an article on endangered tone-woods in a pdf file here --Wetman 10:52, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

It is important to make a difference between african blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) and cocuswood (Brya ebenus). Brya was much more used than Dalbergia during the 19th century in France and England as stated in the page. It's not the case anymore today because the overuse of Brya made it almost extinct in the beginning of 20th century. Brya is more and more available today for this use.

I never found any clear botanical reference of granadilla wood. Granadilla is the name of Passiflora species, that don't produce hardwood. The word "granadilla" or "grenadille" or "grenadilla" wood is often used commercially to describe alternatively: - Brya ebenus - Dalbergia melanoxylon - Diospyros melanoxylon 6 January 2007