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Zitan wood is a member of the rosewood family, botanically classified in the Pterocarpus genus.
Virtually unknown in the West for a long time, it is possibly the most prized wood among tropical hardwoods because of its rarity.
Although the zitan tree is not extinct, it is very slow growing and the growth is confined to southern China, Indochina and islands in the Indian Ocean.

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