Bloodwood with bark peeled off, awaiting shipment. Each Mukula log carries the name of the lumberjack responsible in order to calculate the wages.
Pterocarpus tinctorius, or Mukula tree is a rare and slow-growing hardwood unique to southern and central Africa. Mukula has been illegally logged and traded from Zambia and DRC to China for the last decade, feeding the increasing demand of "rosewood" in the Chinese market.