Bloodwood

Bloodwood of Brosimum rubescens

Trunk of Corymbia gummifera with red bleeding (Kino)

Pterocarpus soyauxii bonsai stand

Bloodwood is a common name for several unrelated trees, including:

• Baloghia inophylla (Brush or Scrub bloodwood), Baloghia marmorata (Marbled bloodwood), (Small-flowered bloodwood), all found in Australia
• , a tree found in Central and South America
• Many Myrtaceae trees in the genus Corymbia from Australia, formerly from the genus Eucalyptus; Corymbia gummifera (Red bloodwood), Corymbia intermedia (Pink bloodwood), Corymbia ptychocarpa (Swamp and Spring bloodwood), Corymbia opaca (Desert bloodwood), Corymbia eximia (Yellow bloodwood) etc.
• Casuarina equisetifolia, found in Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific
• Cyrilla racemiflora found in the Neotropics
• , a tree from Jamaica
• Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Central America and Caribbean
• Lagerstroemia speciosa (Indian bloodwood)
• Several trees from the genus Pterocarpus from Africa and Asia, the trees yields a red exsudate which soon harden into crimson tears (Kino, Dragon's blood); Pterocarpus angolensis, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Pterocarpus rotundifolius, Pterocarpus indicus, Pterocarpus officinalis (Dragon's blood), etc. The Pterocarpus wood is traded under different names but normally not as bloodwood.
• Vachellia haematoxylon (Syn.: Acacia haematoxylon) Bloodwood-Acacia, southern Africa

See also[]

• Ironwood
• Rosewood

References[]

• Baker, Mark (2004). Wood for Woodturners. Sussex: Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications. ISBN 1-86108-324-6.

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