A --bonsai-- stand made from African Padauk wood 2013-06-02 13-19

Bloodwood is a common name for several unrelated trees, including: * '' Baloghia inophylla'' (Brush or Scrub bloodwood), '' Baloghia marmorata'' (Marbled bloodwood), '' Baloghia parviflora'' (Small-flowered bloodwood), all found in Australia * ''

Brosimum rubescens ''Brosimum'' is a genus of plants in the family Moraceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. The breadnut ('' B. alicastrum'') was used by the Maya civilization for its edible nut. The dense vividly colored scarlet wood of '' B. paraens ...

'', a tree found in Central and South America * Many

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

trees in the genus ''

Corymbia ''Corymbia'', commonly known as bloodwoods, is a genus of about one hundred species of tree that, along with ''Eucalyptus'', '' Angophora'' and several smaller groups, are referred to as eucalypts. Until 1990, corymbias were included in the g ...

'' from Australia, formerly from the genus ''

Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...

''; ''

Corymbia gummifera ''Corymbia gummifera'', commonly known as red bloodwood, is a species of tree, rarely a mallee, that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups o ...

'' (Red bloodwood), ''

Corymbia intermedia ''Corymbia intermedia'', commonly known as pink bloodwood, is a species of medium to tall tree that is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It has rough, tessellated bark on the trunk and branches, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers ...

'' (Pink bloodwood), ''

Corymbia ptychocarpa ''Corymbia ptychocarpa'', commonly known as swamp bloodwood or spring bloodwood, is a species of tree that is Endemism, endemic to northwestern Australia. It has rough bark on the trunk and branches, broadly lance-shaped adult leaves, flower bu ...

'' (Swamp and Spring bloodwood), '' Corymbia opaca'' (Desert bloodwood), ''

Corymbia eximia ''Corymbia eximia'', commonly known as yellow bloodwood, is a Corymbia, bloodwood native to New South Wales. It occurs around the Sydney Basin often in high rainfall areas on shallow sandstone soils on plateaux or escarpments, in fire prone a ...

'' (Yellow bloodwood) etc. * ''

Casuarina equisetifolia ''Casuarina equisetifolia'', commonly known as coastal she-oak, horsetail she-oak, ironwood, beach sheoak, beach casuarina, whistling tree or Australian pine is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is native to Australia, ...

'', found in Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific * ''

Cyrilla racemiflora ''Cyrilla racemiflora'', the sole species in the genus ''Cyrilla'', is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas, from the southeastern United States (coastal areas from southeastern ...

'' found in the Neotropics * '' Gordonia haematoxylon'', a tree from

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

* ''

Haematoxylum campechianum ''Haematoxylum campechianum'' (blackwood, bloodwood tree, bluewood, campeachy tree, campeachy wood, campeche logwood, campeche wood, Jamaica wood, logwood or logwood tree) is a species of flowering tree in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is na ...

'', a tree from

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

and

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

* ''

Lagerstroemia speciosa ''Lagerstroemia speciosa'' (giant crepe-myrtle, Queen's crepe-myrtle, banabá plant, or pride of India, or "Queen's Flower" or "Jarul") is a species of ''Lagerstroemia'' native to tropical southern Asia. It is a deciduous tree with bright pink ...

'' (Indian bloodwood) * Several trees from the genus ''

Pterocarpus ''Pterocarpus'' is a pantropical tree genus in the Fabaceae family. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Pterocarpus'' clade within the Dalbergieae. Most species of ''Pterocarpus'' yi ...

'' from Africa and Asia, the trees yields a red exsudate which soon harden into crimson tears ( Kino,

Dragon's blood Dragon's blood is a bright red resin which is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: '' Calamus'' spp. (previously ''Daemonorops'') also including '' Calamus rotang'', '' Croton'', '' Dracaena'' and ''Pterocarpus'' ...

); ''

Pterocarpus angolensis ''Pterocarpus angolensis'' (African teak, wild teak, , , , , , , , Ndebele: Umvangazi, , ) is a species of ''Pterocarpus'' native to southern Africa, in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Co ...

'', ''

Pterocarpus erinaceus ''Pterocarpus erinaceus'' is an endangered tree species native to the Sahelian region of West Africa. It is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It is used for fuel wood, fo ...

'', '' Pterocarpus rotundifolius'', ''

Pterocarpus indicus ''Pterocarpus indicus'' (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra (from Tagalog) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species ...

'', ''

Pterocarpus officinalis ''Pterocarpus officinalis'', the dragonsblood tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It is typically found in coastal freshwater or slig ...

'' (Dragon's blood), etc. The ''Pterocarpus'' wood is traded under different names but normally not as bloodwood. * ''

Vachellia haematoxylon ''Vachellia haematoxylon'' (gray camel thorn, giraffe thorn, , , , ) is a protected tree native to central and southeast Namibia, southwest Botswana and the Northern Cape of South Africa. See also *List of Southern African indigenous trees ...

'' (Syn.: ''Acacia haematoxylon'') Bloodwood-Acacia, southern Africa

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* {{Plant common name Wood