African rosewood noun6 •A vernacular name for several plants. •Millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge. •Species in the genus Guibourtia. •Guibourtia coleosperma, a tree species of Angola and some neighboring countries. •Hagenia abyssinica (East African rosewood), a species of flowering plant native to high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa. •Pterocarpus erinaceus, or other African Pterocarpus spp. formsAfrican rosewoods