Stinkwood
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Stinkwood is the common name for a number of trees or shrubs which have wood
with an unpleasant odour, including:
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
with an unpleasant odour, including:
- Celtis africanaCeltis africanaCeltis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family. This is a common and widespread forest tree from South Africa to Ethiopia. It is a fast growing and popular garden tree in South Africa and is easily propagated....
(White Stinkwood) – native to South Africa - Coprosma foetidissima; in New Zealand and extends south to the Auckland Islands
- Foetidia mauritiana – native to Reunion and Mauritius
- Gyrocarpus americanusGyrocarpus americanusGyrocarpus americanus is a flowering plant in the Hernandiaceae family with a wide pantropical distribution. It is commonly and variously known as the Helicopter Tree, Propeller Tree, Whirly Whirly Tree, Stinkwood or Shitwood...
, pantropical tree in Hernandiaceae family - Jacksonia furcellataJacksonia furcellataJacksonia furcellata, commonly known as Grey Stinkwood, is a species of leafless broom-like shrub or small tree that occurs in the south west of Western Australia. One of the most common plants of the Swan Coastal Plain, it is an excellent colonizer of newly cleared land. It is often seen growing...
(Grey Stinkwood) – native to Australia - Jacksonia sternbergianaJacksonia sternbergianaJacksonia sternbergiana, commonly known as Stinkwood or Green Stinkwood, is a species of shrub or small tree that occurs in the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 1.5 and 5 metres high, has a weeping habit, and produces yellow and orange pea flowers in the...
(Green Stinkwood) – native to Australia - Ocotea bullataOcotea bullataOcotea bullata is a species of flowering tree in the family Lauraceae, native to South Africa. It produces very fine and valuable timber which, along with Yellowood, was much sought after to make traditional furniture. Due to over-exploitation it is now a protected species. Other names for it are...
(Black Stinkwood, True Stinkwood) – native to South Africa- other species of OcoteaOcoteaOcotea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. The genus includes over 200 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, the West Indies, also with a few species in Africa and Madagascar, and...
, e.g. Ocotea foetensOcotea foetensOcotea foetens is a species of tree up to 40 m tall in the Lauraceae family. It is a common constituent in the laurisilva forests of the archipelagoes of Macaronesia: Madeira and Azores , and Canaries . It is commonly called "Til", "Tilo", "Stinkwood", Garoé, Oreodaphne foetens or Rain tree of...
(Til, Tilo), native to Macaronesia
- other species of Ocotea
- Prunus africanaPrunus africanaPrunus africana, or Red Stinkwood , is an evergreen tree native to the montane regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Islands of Madagascar, Sao Tome, Fernando Po and Grande Comore at about 900–3400 m. of altitude. The mature tree is 10–25 m. high, open-branched and often pendulous in forest,...
(Red Stinkwood) – native to montane Subsaharan Africa - Zieria arborescensZieria arborescensThe Tree Zieria or Stinkwood is a small tree or sturdy shrub in the citrus family. A common plant found in eastern Australia. Zieria arborescens subsp. arborescens may grow to 10 metres in height, the habitat is the edges of rainforest or in tall moist eucalyptus forest. Either near the coast or...
– native to Australia