The hardest, densest wood in the world, Lignum Vitae means "long life" in Latin. It comes with a long history and legend. It is said that the possessor of a Lignum Vitae wand will be possessed of an unusually long life. These extremely hard wands make grounded magic, bullheaded in nature, almost impossible to sway away from their nature. I’ve often heard that Lignum wands are so difficult to use by any wizard but their rightful owners that picking up a twig from the ground would produce easier magic. They demand powerful cores, such as dragon heartstring. ANd will burn out or “kill” weaker cores.