Lancewood
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Lancewood may refer to the following:
Lancewood can also refer to several trees whose wood was traditionally used for lance making:
- Lancewood (wood)Lancewood (wood)Lancewood is a tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana. It was often used especially for carriage shafts.It is brought into commerce in the form of taper poles of about 6 metres in length and from 15 to 20 cm in diameter at the thickest end. The wood is obtained from...
, a tough, elastic and heavy wood obtained from the West Indies and Guiana.
Lancewood can also refer to several trees whose wood was traditionally used for lance making:
- Acacia shirleyi, an Australian tree in family Fabaceae
- Annona dolabripetala, also called Rollinia longifolia, in family Annonaceae
- Backhousia myrtifolia, Australian lancewood, in family Myrtaceae
- Calophyllum candidissimum, a tropical American tree in family Calophyllaceae
- Harpullia pendulaHarpullia pendulaHarpullia pendula, known as the tulipwood or tulip lancewood is a small to medium sized rainforest tree from Australia. The tree's small size, pleasant form and attractive fruit ensures the popularity of this ornamental tree. The range of natural distribution is from the Bellinger River in northern...
, also called tulipwood, an Australian tree in family Sapindaceae - Nectandra coriacea, also called Ocotea catesbyana, Ocotea coriacea, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and Florida, in family Lauraceae
- Oxandra lanceolata, also called Uvaria lanceolata, black lancewood, native to South America and the Caribbean, in family Annonaceae
- Pseudopanax crassifolium, a New Zealand tree, also called horoeka, in family Araliaceae
- Pseudopanax feroxPseudopanax feroxToothed lancewood or horoeka, , is a small tree endemic to New Zealand. It is similar to the more common Lancewood Pseudopanax crassifolius but with more prominently tooth-shaped leaves. The juvenile leaves are a very dark grey-brown to grey-green colour, narrow, stiff and up to 40 cm long...
, a New Zealand tree, in family Araliaceae