Satinwood
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Satinwood can mean the following:
- A name for a wood that can be polished to a high gloss derived from certain species of the flowering plantFlowering plantThe flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
family RutaceaeRutaceaeRutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...
:- Chloroxylon swieteniaChloroxylonChloroxylon swietenia is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus Chloroxylon...
, Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood - Nematolepis squameaNematolepis squameaNematolepis squamea , commonly known as Satinwood, is a shrub or small tree species which is endemic to Australia. The species was first formally described in 1805 and named Eriostemon squamea....
, from Australia - Zanthoxylum flavumZanthoxylum flavumZanthoxylum flavum is a medium-sized tree in the citrus family, Rutaceae. Common names include Noyer,West Indian Satinwood, Yellow Sanders, Tembetaria, and Yellow Sandalwood...
, Jamaican satinwood or West Indian satinwood
- Chloroxylon swietenia