Honduran Granadillo, is a beautiful rare tropical hardwood that has been prized for crafting fine furniture, musical instruments, and other exclusive products for centuries. The value of this wood has risen dramatically due to increasing scarcity, as loss of growing habitats has intensified.

Granadillo trees are very slow growers and require decades before reaching maturity. They only grow in limited tropical forest climates. As a result, their availability is very limited as only a select number of growers are actively planting and cultivating this tree for future use. Governments, including Honduras, have established very strict rules to protect endangered Granadillo species and only grant special permits for the harvesting and exporting of Granadillo-based products, to growers who have established sustainable growing practices for this species.

The demand for Granadillo in many western markets and China has risen dramatically over the last two decades. Chinese consumers see Granadillo furnishings as a culturally significant wood, similar to Rosewood that symbolizes status. This Chinese appetite, together with other markets, shows no signs of slowing, ensuring its scarcity and high price will continue.

Beyond rarity, Granadillo possesses unique physical qualities that make it highly prized for crafting. The wood has excellent durability and resistance to damage from water, rot, and insects. It takes stains and finishes beautifully while retaining its natural luster. These characteristics make rosewood ideal for indoor and outdoor furniture, flooring, cabinet making, musical instruments, ornamental carvings, and most any other high-end wood-based product. Working with Granadillo requires great skill and expertise due to its hardness. Specialized tools are needed to shape, carve, and finish rosewood without flaws. The labor costs involved in crafting fine Granadillo furnishings and products are substantial.

The Jungle Lounge produces only limited quantities and editions of solid Granadillo furniture. All pieces are individually identified and recorded when sold so that authenticity can be verified in the future, as the furniture ages and gains value over time. Each recorded furniture item can be traced directly to the particular Honduran artisan who produced the piece. This long cultural cachet, connection, and authenticity ensures ever-increasing value for the one-of-a-kind pieces over time. Centuries

Those fortunate to purchase solid Granadillo furnishings by the Jungle Lounge should view their items as fine treasures, to be

cared-for and enjoyed for many generations.