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Satinwood (other)
Satinwood may refer to: Originally: * ''Chloroxylon swietenia'', Ceylon, Sri Lanka satinwood or East Indian satinwood * ''Zanthoxylum flavum'' (Syn.: ''Fagara flava''), West Indian, Jamaica, Florida or San Domingo satinwood More generally, various other woods that can be polished to a high gloss: * ''Brosimum rubescens'', Red satinwood, Suriname satinwood * ''Ceratopetalum apetalum'', Scented satinwood * ', Madagascar satinwood * ''Chloroxylon swietenia'', East Indian satinwood * ''Cordia alliodora'', Satinwood * ''Diospyros ferrea'' (Syn.: ''Maba buxifolia''), Satinwood * ''Distemonanthus benthamianus'', Yellow or Nigerian, African satinwood * '' Euxylophora paraensis'', Brazilian satinwood * ''Lagerstroemia'' spp., Asian or Cambodian satinwood * ''Liquidambar styraciflua'', Satinwood, Nut satinwood * '' Murraya exotica''; Andaman satinwood * ''Murraya paniculata'', Satinwood, from Southeast Asia and Australia * ''Nematolepis squamea'', Satinwood from Australia * ''Pericopsis el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloroxylon Swietenia
''Chloroxylon swietenia'' , the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood, is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus ''Chloroxylon'' (from the Greek χλωρὸν ξύλον, "green wood"). It is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ....Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam, August 1996). 1998''Chloroxylon swietenia''.In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 24 July 2013. Conservation Populations have declined due to overexploitation. References Vulnerable plants Flora of India (region) Flora of Madagascar Trees of Sri Lanka Rutoideae {{Rutaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nematolepis Squamea
''Nematolepis squamea '', commonly known as Satinwood, is an upright shrub or small tree species which is endemic to Australia. Description ''Nematolepis squamea'' is an erect and conical shrub or small tree that grows to 12m in height. It has simple, entire and opposite leathery leaves which are glossy green above and silvery and scalic on the underside. They are Glossary of leaf morphology#lanceolate, lanceolate in shape with a prominent central mid-rib, typically 2.5–8 cm long by 2 cm wide. Stems of new growth are often a red/brown colour and covered in scales. The leaves contain oil glands and are aromatic when crushed. The individual white flowers are small; about 1 cm in diameter, however they can occur in conspicuous clusters of up to 20 in the leaf axils. Each flower has five petals and stamens and flowering occurs between October and December. Fruit capsules are star-like with four or five points. The Tasmanian endemic subspecies ''retusa'' is alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanthoxylum Caribaeum
''Zanthoxylum caribaeum'' is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce .... References caribaeum Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Rutaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanthoxylum Fagara
''Zanthoxylum fagara'' or wild lime, is a species of flowering plant that—despite its name—is not part of the genus ''Citrus'' with real limes and other fruit, but is a close cousin in the larger citrus family, Rutaceae. It is native to southern Florida and Texas in the United States, and to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Paraguay. Common names include: lime prickly-ash, wild lime, colima, uña de gato, and corriosa. Description ''Zanthoxylum fagara'' is a spreading shrub or small tree growing to tall. Its trunk is generally rough with gray bark and grows to about in diameter. The irregularly-shaped branches contain hooked spines with pinnate leaves. The leaves and bark can be crushed to make a bitter-tasting condiment, and much of the tree smells similar to citrus. Lime prickly-ash has a high drought tolerance and grows best in full sun, but it can also survive as an understory shrub. It provides significant food and cover for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanthoxylum Brachyacanthum
''Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum'', known as thorny yellow-wood, satinwood, satin tree or scrub mulga, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a rainforest shrub or tree with thick, cone-shaped spines on the trunk and prickles on the branches, pinnate leaves, and male and female flowers arranged in panicles. Description ''Zanthoxylum brachyacanthum'' is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of usually with prickles on the branches and thick, cone-shaped spines on the trunk and older branches. The leaves are pinnate, arranged alternately, with seven to thirteen leaflets, and long. The leaflets are egg-shaped to elliptic, long and wide, the side leaflets on a petiolule long and the end leaflet on a petiolule long. The flowers are arranged in panicles on the ends of branches, or in leaf axils or both and long. The flowers are sessile or on pedicels up to long, the four sepals joined at the base and about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitex Lignum-vitae
''Vitex lignum-vitae'', known in Australia as yellow hollywood or " lignum-vitae" (also used for other species), is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. The natural range of distribution is in dry, sub-tropical or tropical rainforest from the Richmond River, New South Wales to Cape York Peninsula at the northernmost tip of Australia. It also occurs in New Guinea. ''Lignum vitae'' is Latin for "wood of life". Description A small to medium tree growing to 30 metres tall and a trunk diameter of 90 cm. The trunk is creamy or brown, with horizontal lines and fissures. Bark sheds in small flakes. Flanged or buttressed at the base of larger trees, the bole is irregular in shape. Juvenile and coppice leaves lobed or angled. Mature leaves opposite, simple, shiny and not toothed. 5 to 13 cm long, often broader towards the tip. Leaf stalks 15 to 25 mm long, hairy and channelled on the upper side. Net veins visible on the leaf's underside. Small foveolae (raised hairy b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turraeanthus Africana
''Turraeanthus africanus'' is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae, also known by the common names avodiré, apeya, engan, agbe, lusamba, wansenwa, African satinwood, and African white mahogany. Nomenclature Although the species epithet given by François Pellegrin in the first publication is ''africana'', it should be amended into masculine form, i.e. ''africanus'' per the ICN (ed. 2017, Art. 62.2 (c)): "Compounds ending in ''‑ceras, ‑dendron, ‑nema, ‑stigma, ‑stoma'', and other neuter words, are neuter. An exception is made for names ending in ''‑anthos'' (or ''‑anthus''), ''‑chilos'' (''‑chilus'' or ''‑cheilos''), and ''‑phykos'' (''‑phycos'' or ''‑phycus''), which ought to be neuter, because that is the gender of the Greek words άνθος, anthos, χείλος, cheilos, and φύκος, phykos, but are treated as masculine in accordance with tradition." Description The species is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplochiton Scleroxylon
''Triplochiton scleroxylon'' is a tree of the genus ''Triplochiton'' of the family ''Malvaceae''. The timber is known by the common names African whitewood, abachi, obeche (in Nigeria), wawa (in Ghana), ayous (in Cameroon) and sambawawa (in Ivory Coast). The tree is the official state tree of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Description The species is distributed over the tropical areas of West Africa and Central Africa. Uses The timber yielded is typically pale yellow and is moderately soft and light for a hardwood. The timber is used in the manufacture of veneer, furniture, picture frames and mouldings. It is also used by guitar makers. Gibson and Fender Japan have used the wood to produce limited edition guitars. The tree is a host of the African silk moth, ''Anaphe venata'', whose caterpillars feed on the leaves and spin cocoons which are then used to make silk Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminalia Ivorensis
''Terminalia ivorensis'' is a species of tree in the family Combretaceae, and is known by the common names of Ivory Coast almond, idigbo, black afara, framire and emeri. Description ''Terminalia ivorensis'' is found in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... The wood has a density of about 560 kg per cubic metre. The wood is a pale yellow-brown in colour, seasons well with little movement in service, but is generally of low strength. Uses The durable heartwood is used as timber in joinery and high-class furniture. References ivorensis Vulnerable plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodosphaera Rhodanthema
''Rhodosphaera'' is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae. The genus includes a single species, ''Rhodosphaera rhodanthema'', which is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in sub tropical rainforests and also in the drier form of rainforests. The natural range of distribution is from the Macleay River, New South Wales to Maryborough in south east Queensland. Common names include deep yellowwood, yellow cedar and tulip satinwood. Description A medium-sized tree growing to around 25 metres tall and a trunk diameter of 75 cm. The trunk is cylindrical with buttressing at the base. The bark is scaly dark brown. Leaves are lobed when coppicing or juvenile, somewhat resembling an oak leaf. Mature leaves are pinnate and alternate with six to twelve leaflets, 4 to 7 cm long and 1 to 2 cm broad. More or less opposite each other on the stem, not equal at the leaf base. Leaf shape is elliptic to elliptic lanceolate with a blunt tip. Sometimes with minor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericopsis Elata
''Pericopsis elata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Fabaceae'' and is known by the common names African teak, afromosia, afrormosia, kokrodua and assamela. Description The species grows to 30-45m tall with a trunk of 1–1.8m in diameter. Annual diameter increases between unlogged and logged areas have been shown to be similar. It is a deciduous species that flowers at the end of the main dry season. The minimum trunk diameter for reproduction is given as 32 cm, while that for effective flowering is 37 cm. The fruit take 7 months to mature. Despite its relatively small diameter, trees can live to be over 400 years old. Range The species is native to moist, semi-deciduous forests in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria. Up until the mid 20th century, the tree was commonly found in its native range. However, after its wood was introduced to world markets in 1948, its range quickly diminished. It can no longer be found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murraya Paniculata
''Murraya paniculata'', commonly known as orange jasmine, orange jessamine, china box or mock orange, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia and Australia. It has smooth bark, pinnate leaves with up to seven egg-shaped to elliptical leaflets, fragrant white or cream-coloured flowers and oval, orange-red berries containing hairy seeds. Description ''Murraya paniculata'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of but often flowers and forms fruit as a shrub, and has smooth pale to whitish bark. It has pinnate leaves up to long with up to seven egg-shaped to elliptical or rhombus-shaped. The leaflets are glossy green and glabrous, long and wide on a petiolule long. The flowers are fragrant and are arranged in loose groups, each flower on a pedicel long. There are five (sometimes four) sepals about long and five (sometimes four) white or cream-coloured petals long. Flowering occurs from June to March (i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
