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  2. Dalbergia melanoxylon - Wikipedia

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    Dalbergia melanoxylon (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) in french Granadille d'Afrique is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea, to southern regions of Tanzania to Mozambique and south to the north-eastern parts of South Africa.

  3. Ebony - Wikipedia

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    Species of ebony include Diospyros ebenum (Ceylon ebony), native to southern India and Sri Lanka; D. crassiflora (Gabon ebony), native to western Africa; D. humilis (Queensland ebony), native to Queensland, the Northern Territory, New Guinea and Timor; and D. celebica (Sulawesi ebony), native to Indonesia and prized for its luxuriant, multi-colored wood grain.

  4. Blackwood - Wikipedia

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    African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), a timber tree of Africa; African blackwood (Erythrophleum africanum), (Peltophorum africanum) also Rhodesian blackwood, trees from Africa; Australian blackwood (Senegalia modesta Syn.: Acacia modesta), a tree from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Himalaya; Australian blackwood (Diospyros longibracteata ...

  5. List of woods - Wikipedia

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    Blackwood Australian blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) African blackwood, mpingo (Dalbergia melanoxylon) Bloodwood (Brosimum rubescens) [3] Boxelder (Acer negundo) Boxwood, common box (Buxus sempervirens) Brazilian walnut (Ocotea porosa) Brazilwood (Caesalpinia echinata) Buckeye, Horse-chestnut (Aesculus) Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)

  6. Dalbergia - Wikipedia

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    African blackwood (D. melanoxylon) is an intensely black wood in demand for making woodwind musical instruments. Dalbergia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bucculatrix mendax which feeds exclusively on Dalbergia sissoo.

  7. Rosewood - Wikipedia

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    The woods of some other species in the genus Dalbergia are notable—even famous—woods in their own right: African blackwood, cocobolo, kingwood, and Brazilian tulipwood. Some species become canopy trees (up to 30 m high), [12] and large pieces can occasionally be found in the trade. [citation needed]

  8. Peltophorum africanum - Wikipedia

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    Peltophorum africanum, the weeping wattle, is a semi-deciduous to deciduous flowering tree growing to about 15 meters tall. It is native to Africa south of the equator. Their yellow flowers bloom on the ends of branches in upright, showy sprays.

  9. Lignum vitae - Wikipedia

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    Lignum vitae is hard and durable, and is also the densest wood traded (average dried density: ~79 lb/ft 3 or ~1,260 kg/m 3); [4] it will easily sink in water. On the Janka scale of hardness, which measures hardness of woods, lignum vitae ranks highest of the trade woods, with a Janka hardness of 4,390 lbf (compared with Olneya at 3,260 lbf, [5] African blackwood at 2,940 lbf, hickory at 1,820 ...

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