Beefwood
Beefwood is the name given to a number of Australian trees which have timber with a red colouration resembling raw beef as follows:
- Barringtonia calyptrata, also known as Cornbeefwood.
- Barringtonia racemosa, also known as Cornbeefwood.
- Bischofia javanica[1]
- Floydia praealta (Syn.: Macadamia praealta)
- Grevillea glauca, also known as Beefwood tree.[2]
- Grevillea parallela, also known as Narrow-leaved Beefwood.[1]
- Grevillea striata, also known as Western Beefwood.[1]
- Orites excelsa, also known as White Beefwood.[1]
- Stenocarpus salignus also known as Killarney Beefwood or Scrub Beefwood.[1]
- Stenocarpus sinuatus also known as White Beefwood.[1]
Some Casuarinaceae species are also referred to as Beefwoods, Casuarina equisetifolia, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Allocasuarina verticillata, Allocasuarina distyla (Syn.: Casuarina stricta) etc.
Furthers:
- also Manilkara bidentata and Manilkara spp. from South and Central America and the Caribbean
- and Swartzia panacoco (Syn.: Robinia panacoco), Swartzia tomentosa, Rhizophora mangle
In German also the term „Pferdefleischholz“; Horseflesh wood or „Bulletrie-, Bolletrieholz“ is given to these woods
Others are:
- Ardisia escallonioides
- Guapira fragrans, Guapira obtusata, Guapira discolor
- Myrsine coriacea (Syn.: Ardisia coriacea)
- Roupala montana, from Middle America to North South America
- Schoepfia spp, Schoepfia obovata White Beefwood, Schoepfia schreberi Island Beefwood
- Zygia latifolia, Clausena anisata, as Horsewood
See also
- Sabicu wood or Hieronyma alchorneoides, Caesalpinia spp., Horseflesh Mahogany
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Australian plant common name database". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Archived from the original on 4 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
- ^ Philip A. Clarke (2012). Australian plants as Aboriginal Tools. Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN 9781922013576.
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