''Chloroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family
Rutaceae
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The genus comprises two species, both desired for their wood as high quality
tropical timber
Tropical timber may refer to any type of timber or wood that grows in tropical rainforests and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and is harvested there. Typical examples of worldwide industrial significance include, among others, t ...
and heavily exploited.
It has rough and spongy outer bark. Timber is very tough and durable. It has a typical unpleasant smell.
Species
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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, ...
'' - east Indian satinwood or
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
satinwood
Satinwood may refer to:
* A name for a wood that can be polished to a high gloss derived from certain species of flowering plants:
* ''Brosimum rubescens'', Red satinwood, Suriname satinwood
* ''Ceratopetalum apetalum'', Scented satinwood
* ''Ch ...
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Chloroxylon faho
''Chloroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Rutaceae. The genus comprises two species, both desired for their wood as high quality tropical timber and heavily exploited.
It has rough and spongy outer bark. Timber is very tough and durable. ...
'' - Madagascar satinwood
References
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Rutaceae genera
Rutoideae