Beefwood
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Beefwood is the name given to a number of Australia
n tree
s which have timber
with a red colouration resembling raw beef
as follows:
Some Casuarinaceae
species are also referred to as Beefwoods
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...
s which have timber
Timber
Timber may refer to:* Timber, a term common in the United Kingdom and Australia for wood materials * Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S...
with a red colouration resembling raw beef
Beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...
as follows:
- Barringtonia calyptrataBarringtonia calyptrataBarringtonia calyptrata is a species of mangrove belonging to the family Lecythidaceae....
, also known as Cornbeefwood. - Barringtonia racemosaBarringtonia racemosaBarringtonia racemosa is a tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is commonly known as the Powder-puff Tree. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal to Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia,...
, also known as Cornbeefwood. - Bischofia javanicaBischofia javanicaBischofia javanica is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related B. polycarpa are the only two members of genus and tribe...
- Grevillea parallela, also known as Narrow-leaved Beefwood.
- Grevillea striataGrevillea striataGrevillea striata, also known as Beefwood, is a tree or shrub native to all Australian states, with the exception of Victoria and Tasmania...
, also known as Western Beefwood. - Orites excelsaOrites excelsaOrites excelsus is a rainforest tree of northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Known colloquially as the Prickly Ash, Mountain Silky Oak or White Beefwood, it is a member of the genus Orites within the family Proteaceae....
, also known as White Beefwood. - Stenocarpus salignusStenocarpus salignusStenocarpus salignus, known as the Scrub Beefwood is an Australian rainforest tree in the Proteaceae family. Found in warmer rainforests on the coast and ranges. It is often found in warm temperate rainforest on poorer sedimentary soils, or on volcanic soils above 750 metres above sea level...
also known as Killarney Beefwood or Scrub Beefwood. - Stenocarpus sinuatusStenocarpus sinuatusStenocarpus sinuatus, known as the Firewheel Tree is an Australian rainforest tree in the Protea family. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest types from the Nambucca River in New South Wales to the Atherton Tableland in tropical Queensland...
also known as White Beefwood.
Some Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of 3 or 4 genera and approximately 70 species of trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics , Australia, and the Pacific Islands...
species are also referred to as Beefwoods