''Chloroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family

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. The genus comprises two species, both desired for their wood as high quality

tropical timber Tropical timber may refer to any type of timber or wood that grows in tropical rainforests and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and is harvested there. Typical examples of worldwide industrial significance include, among others, t ...

and heavily exploited. It has rough and spongy outer bark. Timber is very tough and durable. It has a typical unpleasant smell.

Species

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Chloroxylon swietenia ''Chloroxylon swietenia'' , the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood, is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus ''Chloroxylon'' (from the Greek language, Greek χλωρὸν ξύλον, "green wood"). It is native to southern Ind ...

'' - east Indian satinwood or

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

satinwood *'' Chloroxylon faho'' - Madagascar satinwood

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13055458 Rutaceae genera Rutoideae