Bloodwood

Bloodwood, bloodwood from Brosimum rubescens

Strain of Corymbia gummifera with "bloody" exudate (Kino)

The English term Bloodwood is the name for various types of trees and wood, the wood, bark , bark or wood exudate of which is reminiscent of red blood. Mostly the reddish wood of the bloodwood tree or that of Brosimum rubescens and of various Corymbia species is understood by it. The German analogous term to Bloodwood, blood wood , is not always translated synonymously or is not always common.

Types that are referred to as Bloodwood or Bloodwood are:

• Baloghia inophylla (Brush or Scrub bloodwood), Baloghia marmorata (Marbled bloodwood), Baloghia parviflora (Small-flowered bloodwood)
• Brosimum rubescens (Bloodwood), a tree native to Central and South America
• Some myrtle plants from the genus Corymbia from Australia, which used to belong to the genus of the eucalyptus (Bloodwood, Bloodwood) because a red exudate ( kino ) emerges from the injured trees ; Corymbia gummifera (Red bloodwood), Corymbia intermedia (Pink bloodwood), Corymbia ptychocarpa (Swamp and Spring bloodwood), Corymbia opaca (Desert bloodwood), Corymbia eximia (Yellow bloodwood) etc.
• Casuarina equisetifolia (Bloodwood)
• Cyrilla racemiflora (Bloodwood)
• Gordonia haematoxylon (Bloodwood), a tree from Jamaica
• Haematoxylum campechianum (Bloodwood, Bluewood, blood or blue wood)
• Lagerstroemia speciosa (Indian bloodwood)
• Different trees from the genus Pterocarpus from Africa and Asia (Bloodwood), because a red exudate (kino) emerges from the injured trees, which soon harden into crumbly tears. These include Pterocarpus angolensis , Pterocarpus erinaceus , Pterocarpus rotundifolius , Pterocarpus indicus , Pterocarpus officinalis (Dragon's blood, a type of dragon 's blood resin ) and others. The wood of the Pterocarpus species is usually not referred to as bloodwood or bloodwood in trade, but as padauk, padouk, muninga, amboyna or narra.
• Vachellia haematoxylon (Syn .: Acacia haematoxylon ) (bloodwood acacia)

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  Veneer made of reddish narra wood from Pterocarpus indicus

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  Reddish wood, Muniga of Pterocarpus angolensis

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  Reddish wood from Pterocarpus soyauxii ; African padauk

See also

• Ironwood
• Rosewood

literature

• Mark Baker: Wood for Woodturners . Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications, Sussex 2004, ISBN 1-86108-324-6 .