Beefwood is the name given to a number of Australian

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

s which have

timber Lumber is wood that has been processed into dimensional lumber, including Beam (structure), beams and plank (wood), planks or boards, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as fini ...

with a red colouration resembling raw

beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus''). In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quant ...

as follows: *''

Barringtonia calyptrata ''Barringtonia calyptrata'' is a species of mangrove belonging to the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to New Guinea and to northern Queensland. Gallery File:Barringtonia calyptrata, tree.jpg, Tree growing in Redlynch, Queensland, Austral ...

'', also known as Cornbeefwood. *''

Barringtonia racemosa ''Barringtonia racemosa'' (powder-puff tree, af, pooeierkwasboom, zu, Iboqo, Malay: ''Putat'') is a tree in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in coastal swamp forests and on the edges of estuaries in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east ...

'', also known as Cornbeefwood. *''

Bischofia javanica ''Bischofia javanica'', or bishop wood, is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae. It and the related ''Bischofia polycarpa'' are the only two members of genus ''Bischofia'' and tribe Bischofieae. These species are distributed through ...

'' *'' Floydia praealta'' (Syn.: ''Macadamia praealta'') *''

Grevillea glauca ''Grevillea glauca'', commonly known as bushman's clothes peg, cobblers peg tree, beefwood tree, nut wood, nalgo, or kawoj in New Guinea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is native to Papua New Guinea and north-easte ...

'', also known as Beefwood tree. *'' Grevillea parallela'', also known as Narrow-leaved Beefwood. *''

Grevillea striata ''Grevillea striata'', also known as beefwood, is a tree or shrub native to all Australian states, with the exception of Victoria and Tasmania. Alternative common names for this species include western beefwood, beef oak, beef silky oak and si ...

'', also known as Western Beefwood. *'' Orites excelsa'', also known as White Beefwood. *''

Stenocarpus salignus ''Stenocarpus salignus'', known as the scrub beefwood is an Australian rainforest tree in the family Proteaceae. Found in warmer rainforests on the coast and ranges. It is often found in warm temperate rainforest on poorer sedimentary soils, or ...

'' also known as Killarney Beefwood or Scrub Beefwood. *''

Stenocarpus sinuatus ''Stenocarpus sinuatus'', known as the firewheel tree, is an Australian rainforest tree in the family Proteaceae. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest types from the Nambucca River (30° S) in New South Wales to the A ...

'' also known as White Beefwood. Some

Casuarinaceae The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific ...

species are also referred to as Beefwoods, '' Casuarina equisetifolia'', ''

Casuarina cunninghamiana ''Casuarina cunninghamiana'', commonly known as river oak or river she-oak, is a she-oak species of the genus ''Casuarina''. The native range in Australia extends from Daly River in the Northern Territory, north and east in Queensland and easter ...

'', ''

Allocasuarina verticillata ''Allocasuarina verticillata'', commonly known as drooping she-oak or drooping sheoak, is a nitrogen fixing native tree of southeastern Australia. Originally collected in Tasmania and described as ''Casuarina verticillata'' by French naturalist ...

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Allocasuarina distyla ''Allocasuarina distyla'', commonly known as scrub she-oak, is a shrub or small tree of the She-oak family Casuarinaceae endemic to New South Wales. Description This dioecious shrub or small tree will typically grow to a height of tall, or 7 me ...

'' (Syn.: ''Casuarina stricta'') etc. Furthers: * also ''

Manilkara bidentata ''Manilkara bidentata'' is a species of ''Manilkara'' native to a large area of northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean. Common names include bulletwood, balatá, ausubo, massaranduba, quinilla, and (ambiguously) " cow-tree". D ...

'' and ''

Manilkara ''Manilkara'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbea ...

'' spp. from South and Central America and the Caribbean * and '' Swartzia panacoco'' (Syn.: ''Robinia panacoco''), ''

Swartzia tomentosa ''Swartzia panacoco'', known as panococo or Brazilian ebony, is a tree of the bean family, growing in Guyana, South America. Its wood is hard and durable. The heartwood ranges from an olive brown to a near black color and can have lighter or d ...

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Rhizophora mangle ''Rhizophora mangle'', the red mangrove, is distributed in estuarine ecosystems throughout the tropics. Its viviparous "seeds", in actuality called propagules, become fully mature plants before dropping off the parent tree. These are dispersed b ...

'' In German also the term „Pferdefleischholz“; ''Horseflesh wood'' or „Bulletrie-, Bolletrieholz“ is given to these woods Others are: *''

Ardisia escallonioides ''Ardisia escallonioides'', the Island marlberry, is a plant species native to the West Indies and neighboring areas. It has been reported from Barbados, Bermuda, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Florida. ''Ardisia e ...

'' *''

Guapira fragrans ''Guapira'' is a genus of Neotropical shrubs in four o'clock family.Guapira obtusata ''Guapira'' is a genus of Neotropical shrubs in four o'clock family.Guapira discolor ''Guapira'' is a genus of Neotropical shrubs in four o'clock family.Myrsine coriacea ''Myrsine'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae. It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It con ...

'' (Syn.: ''Ardisia coriacea'') *''

Roupala montana ''Roupala montana'' is a species of shrub or tree in the family Proteaceae which is native to much of the Neotropics. It is a morphologically variable species with four recognised varieties. The species is used medicinally in Venezuela, and as ...

'', from Middle America to North South America *''

Schoepfia ''Schoepfia'' is a genus of small hemiparasitic trees, flowering plants belonging to the family Schoepfiaceae. The genus has long been placed in the Olacaceae family. Description Plants in this genus are small trees or shrubs which exhibi ...

'' spp, '' Schoepfia obovata'' White Beefwood, ''

Schoepfia schreberi ''Schoepfia'' is a genus of small hemiparasitic trees, flowering plants belonging to the family Schoepfiaceae. The genus has long been placed in the Olacaceae family. Description Plants in this genus are small trees or shrubs which exhibit ...

'' Island Beefwood *''

Zygia latifolia ''Zygia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Selected species * '' Zygia cataractae'' (Kunth) L.Rico * '' Zygia claviflora'' (Spruce ex Benth.) Barneby & ...

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Clausena anisata :''Should not be confused with syzygium anisatum, a tree native to eastern Australian rainforests, used as a culinary herb.'' ''Clausena anisata'' ( Willd.) Hook.f. ex Benth. is a deciduous shrub or small tree, belonging to the Rutaceae or Citr ...

'', as Horsewood

References

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