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  2. Biancaea sappan - Wikipedia

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    The wood is somewhat lighter in color than brazilwood and other related trees. Sappanwood was a major trade good during the 17th century, when it was exported from Southeast Asian nations (especially Thailand ) aboard red seal ships to Japan .

  3. Hardwood - Wikipedia

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    Beech is a popular hardwood. Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. [1] In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen.

  4. Bischofia javanica - Wikipedia

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    Bischofia javanica, or bishop wood, is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related Bischofia polycarpa are the only two members of genus Bischofia and tribe Bischofieae . These species are distributed throughout southern and southeast Asia to Australia and Polynesia also in North America (brought to North America as a ...

  5. Paubrasilia - Wikipedia

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    Paubrasilia echinata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. [4] [5] It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood [6] (Portuguese: pau-de-pernambuco, pau-brasil; [6] Tupi: ybyrapytanga [7]) and is the national tree of Brazil. [5]

  6. Combretum imberbe - Wikipedia

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    The wood is dense and very hard, difficult to plane, but drills, sands and turns well. It is termite resistant. It was once used for railway sleepers and is now prized for ornamental work and furniture. It burns very slowly with intense heat, and is often used for a fire which is intended to burn all night in order to keep wild animals at bay.

  7. Tattoos Found on 1,000-Year-Old Mummies Rival Our Own

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    Living along the coast of Peru from around 900 to 1500 A.D., the Chancay people was well known for their impressive artwork, including wood carvings, ceramics, and textiles.

  8. Bilinga (wood) - Wikipedia

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    Bilinga (also called Aloma in Germany and Opepe in England) is an African wood, from Nauclea diderrichii trees in the family Rubiaceae. The wood, which grows across tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda, has about the same density as true hickory, but is not quite as strong. [1] The wood is extremely heavy. [2]

  9. The funky mold turning food waste into culinary delights

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    Making oncom is almost magical. It starts with a pile of soy pulp, which is wrapped in banana leaves and sprinkled with the spores of a fungus called Neurospora intermedia. The bundle is left to ...