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for Gordonia H[ae]matoxylon
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bloodwood \Blood"wood\, n. (Bot.)
A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.
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Note: Norfolk Island bloodwood is a euphorbiaceous tree
({Baloghia lucida), from which the sap is collected
for use as a plant. Various other trees have the name,
chiefly on account of the color of the wood, as
Gordonia H[ae]matoxylon of Jamaica, and several
species of Australian Eucalyptus; also the true
logwood ({ H[ae]matoxylon campechianum).
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