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Corkwood (other)
Corkwood is a common name of a number of plants: * '' Ackama paniculosa'', a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family * ''Annona glabra'', found in the West Indies * ''Commiphora angolensis'' (sand corkwood), a shrub mainly in Angola and Namibia * ''Commiphora saxicola'' (rock corkwood), a shrub endemic to Namibia * '' Duboisia'', a genus with species in Australia * ''Endiandra sieberi'', a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family * ''Entelea arborescens'', found in New Zealand * ''Erythrina vespertilio'' (grey corkwood), Australia * ''Hakea divaricata'', found in Australia * ''Hakea ivoryi'', Australia * ''Hakea suberea'', Australia * '' Leitneria floridana'', southeastern North America * '' Melicope'', a genus with species in Australia * ''Musanga cecropioides'' (African corkwood), Africa * '' Sesbania grandiflora'', southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers *''Stillingia aquatica Stillingia aquatica, known as water toothleaf and corkwood, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized. A common name is sometimes frequently used, but that is not always the case. In chemistry, IUPAC defines a common name as one that, although it unambiguously defines a chemical, does not follow the current systematic naming convention, such as acetone, systematically 2-propanone, while a vernacular name describes one used in a lab, trade or industry that does not unambiguously describe a single chemical, such as copper sulfate, which may refer to either copper(I) sulfate or copper(II) sulfate. Sometimes common names are created by authorities on one particular subject, in an attempt to make it possible for members of the general public (including such interested par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ackama Paniculosa
''Ackama paniculosa'', synonym ''Caldcluvia paniculosa'', known as the soft corkwood, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs from Ourimbah, Central Coast (New South Wales) at 33° S to Eungella National Park (20° S) in tropical Queensland. Other common names include corkwood, rose-leaf marara, brown alder and sugarbark. The habitat of ''Ackama paniculosa'' includes riverine, littoral, tropical, subtropical and warm temperate rainforests. It is also found in the ecotone of eucalyptus and rainforests. The tree may be identified in the rainforest by the unusually soft corky bark. Description A medium to large sized tree with a buttressed base. Sometimes over 40 metres tall and in excess of 90 cm wide at the butt. The trunk is cylindrical with soft corky bark, greyish fawn in colour. The base of the tree is usually buttressed. Leaves form in groups of five to seven leaflets, sometimes in threes. Leaves are hairy, opposite and toothed, 5 to 12 cm long. Crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annona Glabra
''Annona glabra'' is a Tropics, tropical fruit tree in the family Annonaceae, in the same genus as the soursop and cherimoya. Common names include pond apple, alligator apple (so called because American alligators often eat the fruit), swamp apple, corkwood, bobwood, and monkey apple. The tree is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and West Africa. It is common in the Everglades. The ''A. glabra'' tree is considered an invasive species in Sri Lanka and Australia. It grows in swamps, is Halophyte, tolerant of saltwater, and cannot grow in dry soil. Description The trees grow to up to 12 m. They have narrow, gray trunks and sometimes grow in clumps. The leaf, leaves are ovate to oblong, each with an acute tip, 8–15 cm long and 4–6 cm broad with a prominent midrib. The upper surface is light to dark green. Leaves of the ''A. glabra'' are said to have a distinct smell, similar to green apples, that can distinguish it from man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commiphora Angolensis
''Commiphora angolensis'', also known as sand commiphora or sand corkwood, is a shrub species in the genus ''Commiphora'' growing mainly in Angola and Namibia. The adults and larvae of '' Diamphidia nigroornata'' feed on ''C. angolensis''. The bark of ''C. angolensis'' contains condensed tannins and the anthocyanin petunidin-3-rhamnoglucoside.Chemical study of bark from ''Commiphora angolensis'' Engl. Cardoso Do Vale, J., Bol Escola Farm Univ Coimbra Edicao Cient, 1962, volume 3, page 128abstract See also * List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The notion of 'indigenous' is of ... References External links Flora of ZimbabweKew gardenjstorTree Atlas of NamibiaVille de Geneve - CJB - Base de données des plantes d'Afrique (French) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commiphora Saxicola
''Commiphora saxicola'', also known as rock corkwood, is a shrub species in the genus '' Commiphora'' endemic to, and protected in, Namibia. It grows on rock slopes and in gravel plains in an area reaching from the Kunene River south to Helmeringhausen. The rock corkwood is known in local languages as af, rotskanniedood, german: Felsenmyrrhe, Felsenbalsambaum, and hz, Omumdomba. The resin of the shrub smells sweet and is used as a thirst suppressant by the Topnaar people The Topnaar people (ǂAonin) are a clan of the Nama people in Namibia. Their settlements are all situated on the Kuiseb River in the Erongo Region of central Namibia, the largest one is Utuseb. History Topnaars began settling in the area of Walv .... The fruit is edible. References Fruits originating in Africa Endemic flora of Namibia saxicola Taxa named by Adolf Engler {{Sapindales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duboisia
:''The orchid genus described by Karsten as ''Duboisia'' is now included in ''Myoxanthus. For the prehistoric antelope genus, see ''Duboisia (antelope).'' ''Duboisia'' (commonly called corkwood tree) is a genus of small perennial shrubs and trees that grow up to 14 metres (46 feet) tall, with extremely light wood and a thick corky bark. There are four species; all occur in Australia, and one also occurs in New Caledonia. The alternate, glabrous leaves are narrow and elliptical. The inflorescence is an open cymose panicle of apically small white flowers, sometimes with a purple or mauve striped tube. They flower profusely in spring. The fruit is a small, globular, black, juicy berry. Aboriginal Australians sometimes chew the nicotine-containing leaves of ''Duboisia hopwoodii'' (see entry on ''pituri'') mixed with wood ash for their stimulant and, after extended use, depressant effects. The leaves of ''Duboisia leichhardtii'' and ''Duboisia myoporoides'' also contain scopolamine a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endiandra Sieberi
''Endiandra sieberi'', known as the corkwood is a rainforest tree growing in eastern Australia. Habitat A common tree on lowland and some mountain rainforests. Very common on sand in littoral rainforests. The corky bark assists in protection from fire. It grows from Kioloa (35° S) near Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales to the islands of Moreton Bay (27° S), in south eastern Queensland. Common names include corkwood, hard corkwood, corkwood laurel and pink corkwood. Description ''Endiandra sieberi'' is a medium-sized tree to 30 metres tall and 90 cm in trunk diameter. Bark, trunk and leaves The bark is a fawnish grey, relatively soft and corky. Large trees sometimes shortly flanged but not buttressed at the base. The trunk is straight and cylindrical. Leaves are alternate, simple and entire. 5 to 8 cm long, drawn out to a blunt point. Mid-green on the leaf top, but paler green beneath. Leaf stalks 5 to 10 mm. Midrib raised slightly on the up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entelea Arborescens
''Entelea arborescens'' or whau is a species of malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. ''E. arborescens'' is the only species in the genus ''Entelea''. A shrub or small tree to 6 m with large lime-like leaves giving a tropical appearance, whau grows in low forest along the coast of the North Island and the northern tip of the South Island. The dry fruit capsules are very distinctly brown and covered with spines. The common name ''whau'' is a Māori word that appears to derive from the common Polynesian word for hibiscus, particularly ''Hibiscus tiliaceus'', which it superficially resembles. Alternate names include 'New Zealand mulberry', 'corkwood' and 'evergreen lime'. Description Within the Malvaceae, ''Entelea'' is placed within tribe Sparrmannieae and subfamily Grewioideae, a position confirmed by ndhF DNA sequence data. As is the case with most malvaceous plants, ''E. arborescens'' has alternate, stipulate foliage. The bright green, obliquely cordate leaves are lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erythrina Vespertilio
''Erythrina vespertilio'' is a tree native to north and north-east Australia. Its common names are grey corkwood, bat's wing coral tree, yulbah and the more ambiguous " bean tree". In the Western Desert language it is also known as ''ininti''. Description The small tree has a straggly habit and typically grows to a height of . The trunk has a diameter of approximately . It has thorns on the trunk and branches with bark that is deeply furrowed and corky and creamy-grey in colour. That leaves are bifoliolate or trifoliolate and are long. The leaflets have a broad wedge-shape with three lobes, resembling a bat's open wings. The leaflets are long and wide. The species is deciduous in the dry season. The tree blooms between August and September producing scarlet to orange-red pea flowers that are long are found on terminal racemes in length. The flowers have a calyx that is long and petals that are about long. There are usually ten stamens. Flowering usually occurs when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakea Divaricata
''Hakea divaricata'', commonly known as needlewood, corkbark tree or fork-leaved corkwood, is a tree or shrub in the family ''Proteaceae'' native to an area in central Australia. A slow growing species with up to 120 showy cream to greenish-yellow flowers in long racemes from June to November. The Alyawarr peoples know the plant as , the Eastern Arrernte as and the Western Arrernteas . The Kaytetye know it as or , the Pintupi Luritja as , the Pitjantjatjara as or and the Warlpiri as , or . Description ''Hakea divaricata'' is lignotuberous upright shrub or tree typically growing to high with a dark coloured corky furrowed trunk. Smaller branches are red and smooth, on occasion sparsely or densely covered in soft short hairs. The prickly compound leaves are rigid, arranged alternately and are long and wide ending a sharp point. They are thinly covered with soft hairs quickly becoming smooth. Most leaves divide from a needle-shaped leaf stem long into segments long a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakea Ivoryi
''Hakea ivoryi'' , commonly known as Ivory's hakea, corkwood or the corkbark tree, is a shrub or small tree in the family ''Proteaceae'' and is endemic to an area in the South West region of Queensland and the north west of New South Wales. Description ''Hakea ivoryi'' is shrub or small tree typically grows to a height of with white flat silky hairs becoming smooth along branchlets and forms a lignotuber. It has simple needle-like leaves long with silky hairs becoming hairless with age. Young trees often have highly divided segmented leaves. The bark is brown, rough and corky. The inflorescence consists of 20–50 white-cream flowers on a short stem and appear in leaf axils from October to January. The fruit are smooth, egg-shaped long and wide ending with a short beak. Taxonomy and naming ''Hakea ivoryi'' was first formally described by Frederick Manson Bailey in 1901 as part of the work ''The Queensland Flora'' and the description was published in The Queensland Flora. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakea Suberea
''Hakea'' ( ) is a genus of about 150 species of plants in the Family ''Proteaceae'', endemic to Australia. They are shrubs or small trees with leaves that are sometimes flat, otherwise circular in cross section in which case they are sometimes divided. The flowers are usually arranged in groups in leaf axils and resemble those of other genera, especially ''Grevillea''. Hakeas have woody fruit which distinguishes them from grevilleas which have non-woody fruit which release the seeds as they mature. Hakeas are found in every state of Australia with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia. Description Plants in the genus ''Hakea'' are shrubs or small trees. Some species have flat leaves, whilst others have leaves which are needle-like, in which case they are sometimes divided and sometimes have a groove on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in groups in leaf axils and are surrounded by bracts when in bud. The flowers have both male ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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