The 12 most rare and expensive woods in the world

Below is a list of the 12 most valuable and expensive woods in the world. Among them are the types of wood that never get bitten, withstand water, give off a pleasant aroma and withstand extreme damage. The plants that produce them all grow slowly, are picky and are at risk of extinction.

Purple Heart

Purple Heart Wood is also known as purple heart wood because when cut the color of the wood will change from brown to very strange and beautiful purple.

Purple Heart is a very thick, water-resistant wood, ranked among the world's top in terms of hardness and durability.

Bubinga - Rose rosewood

This plant has a slow growth rate, is grown in many areas of Africa. Rosewood rosewood is reddish-brown with purple or black stripes, smooth wood grain, easy to polish. Bubinga wood is often used to make musical instruments and handicrafts.

African Black Wood - African Black Wood

This wood is extremely rare and endangered because African Black Wood trees are overexploited. This wood is often used to make musical instruments, especially guitars.

Agar Wood - Agarwood

Frankincense wood has a unique aroma, taken from the old woody trunk of wind agarwood.

Bocote wood

Bocote is very fragrant, so in addition to being used to make music and furniture, it is often refined into aromatherapy essential oils.

Dalbergia wood

Dalbergia trees are very rare due to very picky soil, which makes the price of this wood very expensive.

Ebony - Ebony wood

Ebony is black in color, can be submerged in water, has a smooth and smooth wooden surface. This wood is often used to make luxurious furniture and musical instruments such as guitar, piano, violin . These trees for wood are now in danger of extinction.

Lignum Vitae wood

This wood is very hard and durable so it is very popular. Lignum Vitae grows very slowly, so this wood is very rare.

Sandalwood - Sandalwood

Sandalwood emits a fragrant aroma, which can help reduce stress. Therefore, this type of wood is often used to refine essential oils or perfume materials.

Pink Ivory - Ivory wood

This wood has a beautiful pink red color, when polished up and is said to be as precious as diamond. This type of precious wood is often used to produce billiard sticks, handicrafts, etc.

Skimmed wood

This wood is very special, when burning, fragrant as Agarwood can be distilled into essential oils like sandalwood. Skimmed wood extracts have properties that help reduce swelling, sweating and heart support so they are widely used in medicine. In Vietnam today there are also a few very rare skimmed timber varieties and stand on the brink of extinction due to excessive logging.

Wood am am

According to a famous woodworker in Vietnam, jade has long been considered a precious wood only emperors could use. The Chinese have known this kind of amethyst wood thousands of years ago and consider it as valuable as ivory. In the royal palaces, if the red skimmed wood is as hard as steel and has a beautiful pattern, often used to make furniture such as cabinets, tables and chairs, the jade has a charming aroma, is used in many rooms of beautiful concubines.