Grass pear is not mahogany. Cao Huali refers to the large fruit rosewood and Indian rosewood produced in Southeast Asia. There are introduced species in Hainan Island of China. Generally speaking, the grass pear in the industry refers to the rosewood produced in Vietnam. Judging from the use of grass pears in domestic history, there are mainly two kinds of rosewood produced in Southeast Asia (commonly known as Burmese rosewood) and Indian rosewood (commonly known as rosewood and rosewood).

Most of the old furniture or remnants of Caohuali in Wenchang, Lingshui, Qionghai, Haikou and other places in Hainan Island are Indian rosewood produced in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, and there are also a large number of imported ones in Hainan Island, which are far less valuable than authentic huanghuali.

Two views on whether caohua pear is mahogany.

Statement 1:

Caohua pear refers to five genera and eight categories of mahogany in the national standard of mahogany. The wood of Huang Huali (Dalbergia odorifera in the national standard) was almost cut down, which appeared as a supplement from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China. It is called "Caohuali" because it is different from "Huang Huali". Compared with "Huanghuali", Caohuali has rough wood and big brown eyes.

Statement 2:

In order to make some non-redwoods from mahogany, many manufacturers try to call some non-redwoods by their names to improve their "taste". In fact, the so-called grass pear wood in the market mainly refers to some kinds of wood in sub-rosewood, such as African rosewood and Angolan rosewood. African rosewood is a kind of wood commonly known as Indian safflower pear in the market. In addition, there is a kind of ancient Yi Sumu, commonly known as Brazilian rosewood in the market, and also known as Cao Huali in the timber market.

Of these two statements, the former is relative to Huanghua pear, that is, today's rosewood belongs to mahogany, while the latter is relative to rosewood, referring to Yahua pear, not mahogany.