Ironwood is a common name for many

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s that have a reputation for

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, or specifically a wood density that is denser than water (approximately 1000 kg/m³, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may or may not indicate a tree that yields such heavy wood.

Some of the species with their common name

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Acacia aulacocarpa ''Acacia aulacocarpa'', commonly known as Papua New Guinea brown wattle, New Guinea wattle, golden-flowered salwood or lancewood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is native to New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales. ...

'' (Brush ironwood) * ''

Acacia estrophiolata ''Acacia estrophiolata'', commonly known as ironwood, southern ironwood, desert ironwood or utjanypa, is a tree native to Central Australia. Description It is a graceful, pendulous shade tree, which grows from about tall and has a trunk with a ...

'' (Southern ironwood), central Australia * ''

Acacia excelsa ''Acacia excelsa'', also known as ironwood, rosewood, bunkerman and doodlallie is a tree of the genus ''Acacia'' and the subgenus ''Plurinerves'' that is endemic to inland parts of north-eastern Australia. In the Gamilaraay language it is known as ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Acacia melanoxylon ''Acacia melanoxylon'', commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an ''Acacia'' species native to south-eastern Australia. The species is also known as blackwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, or blackwood acacia. The tree belon ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Acacia stenophylla ''Acacia stenophylla'', commonly referred to as the shoestring acacia, is an evergreen tree in the family Fabaceae and native to Australia. It is not considered rare or endangered. Description ''Acacia stenophylla'' varies in characteristic and ...

'' (Ironwood), Australia * '' Aegiphila martinicensis'' (Ironwood) * ''

Afzelia africana ''Afzelia africana'', the African mahogany, afzelia, lenke, lengue, apa, or doussi, is a Myrmecophyte tree species in the family Fabaceae. Range It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DRCongo, Ivory Coast, G ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Androstachys johnsonii ''Androstachys johnsonii'', the Lebombo ironwood, is a medium-sized Afrotropical tree species, and the sole member of the genus ''Androstachys'' in the Picrodendraceae. It is slow-growing, evergreen to deciduous, and dioecious, with flowers that ...

'' (Lebombo ironwood), southeastern Africa and

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

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Borassus flabellifer ''Borassus flabellifer'', commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala or tal palm, toddy palm, lontar palm, wine palm, or ice apple, is a fan palm native to South Asia (especially in Bangladesh, East India, and South India) and Southeast As ...

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Caryota urens ''Caryota urens'' is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, native to Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Malaysia (perhaps elsewhere in Indo-Malayan region), where they grow in fields and rainforest clearings, it is regarded as introduced ...

'', '' Iriartea deltoidea'' Black Palm, Palmira wood (Black ironwood) * ''

Argania spinosa ''Sideroxylon spinosum'', known as argan (), synonym ''Argania spinosa'', is a species of flowering plant. It is a tree endemic to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley of southwestern Morocco and to the region of Tindouf in southwestern Algeri ...

'' (Morocco ironwood, Thorny, Prickly ironwood) * ''

Astronium fraxinifolium ''Astronium fraxinifolium'' is a timber tree, which is native to Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. Common names include kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, and zebrawood. It is known in Portuguese as Go ...

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Astronium urundeuva ''Astronium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Central and South America. ''Astronium'' is a genus of dioecious trees. Leaves are deciduous, alternate, and odd-pinnate. Species , Plants of the ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Backhousia bancroftii ''Backhousia'' is a genus of thirteen currently known species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. All the currently known species are endemic to Australia in the rainforests and seasonally dry forests of Queensland, New South Wales and ...

'' (Bancroft's ironwood) * ''

Backhousia citriodora ''Backhousia citriodora'', commonly known as lemon myrtle, lemon scented myrtle or lemon scented ironwood, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is native to the subtropical rainforests of central and south-eastern Queensland, Austral ...

'' (Lemon ironwood), northeastern Australia * ''

Backhousia myrtifolia ''Backhousia myrtifolia'' (commonly referred to as ''carrol, neverbreak, iron wood, grey myrtle'' or ''cinnamon myrtle'') is a small rainforest tree species which grows in subtropical rainforests of Eastern Australia. First discovered and subs ...

'' (Carrol ironwood, Ironwood) * (''

Backhousia subargentea ''Backhousia subargentea'' (syn. ''Choricarpia subargentea'') is a rare Australian rainforest tree, growing near Mullumbimby in northeastern New South Wales and from Boonah to Imbil in southeastern Queensland. Common names include giant iro ...

'' Syn.: ''Choricarpia subargentea'') (Giant ironwood), eastern Australia * ''

Bridelia micrantha ''Bridelia micrantha'', the mitzeeri or the coastal golden-leaf, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae and is native to tropical and southern Africa as well as to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. Description A medium to tall tree (u ...

'' (Benin or Yoruba ironwood), ''

Bridelia atroviridis ''Bridelia'' is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1806.Carpinus caroliniana ''Carpinus caroliniana'', the American hornbeam, is a small hardwood understory tree in the genus ''Carpinus''. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, musclewood and muscle beech. It is native to eastern North America, from Mi ...

'' American hornbeam (Ironwood, Blue-beech ironwood, Smooth-barked ironwood), eastern North America *

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 ...

, She-oaks in general, Southeast Asia (Australian ironwood) ** ''

Allocasuarina ''Allocasuarina'', commonly known as sheoak or she-oak, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Allocasuarina'' are trees or shrubs with soft, pendulous, green branchlets, th ...

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Allocasuarina luehmannii ''Allocasuarina luehmannii'', commonly known as buloke or bull-oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a dioecious tree, that has its leaves reduced to scales ...

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Allocasuarina torulosa ''Allocasuarina torulosa'', commonly known as forest oak, rose sheoak, river oak or Baker's oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a slender, usually dioecious tree that has ...

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Allocasuarina inophloia ''Allocasuarina inophloia'', commonly known as stringybark she-oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has finely fibrous, ribbony bark, its leaves r ...

'' (Ironwood), ''

Allocasuarina verticillata ''Allocasuarina verticillata'', commonly known as drooping sheoak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has drooping branchlets up to long, the l ...

'' (Long-leaved, Longleaf ironwood, Highland or Mountain ironwood) ** ''

Casuarina cunninghamiana ''Casuarina cunninghamiana'', commonly known as river oak, river sheoak or creek oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is native to Australia and New Guinea. It is a tree with fissured and scaly bark, sometimes dr ...

'' (Small-cone ironwood, Australian coast ironwood, River-oak ironwood) ** ''

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, ...

'' Toa (Beach, Coast ironwood, Pacific, Sea, South Sea or Polynesian ironwood or Short-leaf and False ironwood, Lowland Ironwood), native from

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Casuarina cristata ''Casuarina cristata'', commonly known as belah or muurrgu, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to inland eastern Australia. It is a tree with fissured or scaly bark, sometimes drooping branchlets, the lea ...

'' (Ironwood) ** ''

Casuarina glauca ''Casuarina glauca'', commonly known as swamp she-oak, swamp buloke, swamp she-oak, marsh sheoak, grey she-oak, grey she-oak, native pine, or guman by the Gadigal people, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It ...

'' (Long-leaf Ironwood, Saltmarsh Ironwood, Blue ironwood) ** '' Casuarina stricta'' (Highland ironwood, Fodder ironwood) ** ''

Casuarina junghuhniana ''Casuarina junghuhniana'', the mountain ru or red-tipped ru, is a tree in the family Casuarinaceae that originated in Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. The species has been introduced to Pakistan and Bangladesh. Description ''Casuarina jungh ...

'' (Mountain Ironwood) * ('' Cenostigma pluviosum'' Syn.: ''Caesalpinia pluviosa'') (Bolivian ironwood) * ''

Cercocarpus ''Cercocarpus'', commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of at least nine species of nitrogen-fixing flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow i ...

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Cercocarpus betuloides ''Cercocarpus betuloides'' is a shrub or small tree in the rose family.Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale,2nd Ed, 2000, p. 170 Its common names include mountain mahogany and birch leaf mountain mahogany The common name "m ...

'' (Mountain ironwood) * '' Chionanthus battiscombei '' (Water pock ironwood, Small-fruited ironwood, Water Ornate-leaf(ved) ironwood) * '' Chionanthus caymanensis'' (Ironwood, Cayman ironwood) * '' Chioanthus compactus'' (White ironwood) * '' Chionanthus panamensis'', '' Chionanthus ligustrinus'' (Pine ridge ironwood) * ''

Chionanthus peglerae ''Chionanthus'' (), common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. The genus has a wide distribution primarily in the tropics and subtropics, but with three species extending north into t ...

'' (Bastard black ironwood or Giant pock ironwood and Pegler's bastard ironwood, Large-leaved ironwood) * ('' Citharexylum flexuosum'' Syn.: ''

Citharexylum spinosum ''Citharexylum spinosum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Common names include Florida fiddlewood and spiny fiddlew ...

'') (White ironwood) * ''

Cliftonia monophylla ''Cliftonia monophylla'', the buck-wheat tree, buckwheat tree or black titi, is a tree native to the southeastern United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily l ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Coccoloba pubescens ''Coccoloba'' is a genus of 177 species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae, which is native to the Neotropics. There is no overall English name for the genus, although many of the individual species have widely used common names. Ran ...

'' (Broad-leaved ironwood) * ''

Colophospermum mopane ''Colophospermum mopane'', commonly called mopane, mopani, butterfly tree, turpentine tree, or balsam tree, is a tree in the legume family (Fabaceae), that grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, in elevation, in parts of Southern Africa. The tree ...

'' (Black ironwood, Rhodesian ironwood) * '' Colubrina elliptica'' (Ironwood, Martinique ironwood), ''

Colubrina arborescens ''Colubrina'' is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the Indian Ocean islands. Names Common na ...

'' (West Indian ironwood) * ''

Combretum imberbe ''Combretum imberbe'' (also known as leadwood or mhoba-hoba, , , , ) is a characteristic and often impressive bushwillow species of the southern Afrotropics. The medium to large tree has a sparse, semi-deciduous canopy of grey-green leaves. The ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Cordia subcordata ''Cordia subcordata'' is a species of flowering tree in the borage family. It can be found growing in eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, northern Australia and the Pacific Islands including Hawaii. The plant is known by a variety of na ...

'' (Ironwood) * '' Cossinia pinnata'' (Judas ironwood) * '' Cryptocarya lauriflora'' (Borneo ironwood), '' Cryptocarya ferrea'' (Java ironwood) * ''

Cyrtophyllum fragrans The tembusu (, or ), is a large evergreen tree in the family Gentianaceae, native to Southeast Asia (from Indo-China to New Guinea). It is the Malay language, Malay name for ''Cyrtophyllum fragrans'' (synonym ''Fagraea fragrans''). It is also k ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Cynometra alexandri ''Cynometra alexandri'', the Uganda ironwood or muhimbi, is a species of legume that occurs in tropical lowland forests of central and east Africa. They grow gregariously in drier forest types and as a constituent of swamp forests. They reach s ...

'' (Uganda ironwood), central and east Africa * ''

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 ...

'' (Ironwood, Swamp ironwood) * ''

Dalbergia melanoxylon ''Dalbergia melanoxylon'' (African blackwood, grenadilla, or mpingo) in French ''Granadille d'Afrique'' is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry regions of Africa from Senegal east to Eritrea, to southern regions of ...

'' (African ironwood) * '' Dialium guianense'' (Ironwood) * ''

Diploglottis australis ''Diploglottis australis'', commonly known as the native tamarind, is a species of large trees in the maple and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the eastern Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland, where it occurs in coast ...

'' Syn.: ''Diploglottis cunninghamii'') (Australian, New Holland ironwood) * ''

Distylium racemosum ''Distylium'' (winter-hazel) is a genus of about 18 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia. Taxonomy Fossil record Researchers have recognized ''Distylium'' fossi ...

'' (Japanese ironwood) * ''

Drypetes gerrardii ''Drypetes gerrardii'' is a species of small tree or large shrub in the family Putranjivaceae. Common names include forest ironplum, bastard white ironwood, and forest ironwood. It is native to tropical and subtropical central and eastern Africa. ...

'' (Bastard white ironwood, Forest ironwood) * '' Erythrophleum chlorostachys'' Steelwood (Cooktown ironwood, Red or Northern ironwood, Leguminous ironwood, Poisonous ironwood), native to northern Australia * ''

Erythroxylum areolatum ''Erythroxylum'' is a genus of tropics, tropical flowering plants in the family Erythroxylaceae. Many of the approximately 200 species contain the tropane alkaloid cocaine,Bieri S, Brachet A, Veuthey J, Christen P. Cocaine distribution in wild Er ...

'' (Cartagena ironwood, Jamaica ironwood) * ''

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 ...

'' spp. (Australian ironwood) * '' Eugenia confusa'' (Red berry ironwood, Tropical ironwood) * ''

Eusideroxylon zwageri ''Eusideroxylon'' is a genus of evergreen trees of the family Lauraceae. The genus is monotypic, and includes one accepted species, ''Eusideroxylon zwageri''. It is known colloquially in English as Bornean ironwood, billian, or ulin. It is nativ ...

'' (Borneo ironwood, Chinese ironwood, Real or True ironwood), southeast Asia * ''

Exostema caribaeum ''Exostema'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of trees and shrubs, endemic to the neotropics, with most of the species occurring in the West Indies. Description ''Exostema'' is a genus of neotropical trees and ...

'' (Bastard ironwood) * '' Exothea paniculata'' (Ironwood) * '' Fagraea fragrans'' (Sumatra or Java ironwood) * '' Fagara lentiscifolia'' (Bastard ironwood) * ''

Forestiera pubescens ''Forestiera pubescens'', commonly known as stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, elbow bush, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, or Texas forsythia is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern U ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''Forestiera pubescens'' var. ''parvifolia'' (New Mexican ironwood) * ''

Genipa americana ''Genipa americana'' () is a species of trees in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean. Description ''Genipa americana'' trees are up to 30 m tall and up to 60 cm d ...

'' (Brazilian ironwood) * '' Gordonia haematoxylon'' (Ironwood) * ''

Gossia bidwillii ''Gossia bidwillii'', known as the python tree is a rainforest myrtle of eastern Australia. The usual habitat is the drier rainforest areas. The range of natural distribution is from the Hunter River (32° S) in New South Wales to Coen (13 ...

'' (Smooth-barked ironwood, Scrub ironwood), '' Gossia acmenoides '' (Scrub ironwood), '' Gossia dulcis'' (Ironwood), '' Gossia floribunda'' (Cape ironwood), '' Gossia myrsinocarpa'' (Malanada ironwood) * '' Gymnanthes lucida'' (Narrow-leaf ironwood) * ('' Gymnostoma nodiflorum'' Syn.: ''Casuarina nodiflora '') (Knot-flowered ironwood) * ('' Gymnostoma papuanum'' Syn.: ''Casuarina papuana'') (Papuan ironwood) * ('' Gymnostoma sumatranum'' Syn.: Casuarina sumatrana) (Ironwood) * ''

Handroanthus ''Handroanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Family (biology), family Bignoniaceae.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. It consists of 30 species of trees, known i ...

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Handroanthus heptaphyllus ''Handroanthus heptaphyllus'', commonly referred to as the pink trumpet tree or pink tab, is a Bignoniaceae tree native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America. It grows in the high forest watershed of the Paraná River, Paraguay Riv ...

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Handroanthus serratifolius ''Handroanthus serratifolius'' is a species of tree, commonly known as yellow lapacho, pau d'arco, yellow poui, yellow ipe, pau d'arco amarelo, or ''ipê-amarelo''. It is in the family Bignoniaceae. Description It is a tree native to forests ...

'' etc., Ipê, Brazilian walnut, Lapacho, Yellow poui (Ironwood) * '' Heritiera trifoliolata'' Black stavewood, '' Heritiera actinophylla'' Stavewood (Ironwood) * ''

Holodiscus discolor ''Holodiscus discolor'', commonly known as ocean spray or oceanspray, creambush, or ironwood, is a shrub of western North America. Description ''Holodiscus discolor'' is a fast-growing deciduous shrub usually from to in width, and up to tal ...

'' Oceanspray (Ironwood), western North America * ''

Homalium dentatum ''Homalium'' is a genus of plants in the family Salicaceae. Species Species include: * ''Homalium acuminatum'' * ''Homalium betulifolium'' * ''Homalium brevidens'' * ''Homalium buxifolium'' * ''Homalium ceylanicum'' * ''Homalium cochinchi ...

'', '' Homalium letestui'' (Brown ironwood), ''

Homalium rufescens ''Homalium rufescens'' is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of So ...

'' (Small-leaved brown ironwood), '' Homalium abdessammadii'' (Zambezi brown ironwood) * ''

Hopea odorata ''Hopea odorata'' is a species of tree in the plant family Dipterocarpaceae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Description ''H. odorata'' is a large tree reaching up to in hei ...

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Hopea parviflora ''Hopea parviflora'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to India. It is called 'kampakam' or 'thampakam' in Malayalam and கோங்கு 'vellaikongu' or 'irubogam' in Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, cult ...

'' (Malabar, Ceylon ironwood) * '' Hypelate trifoliata'' (White ironwood) * ''

Ilex mitis ''Ilex mitis'' (commonly called Cape holly, African holly, waterboom or umDuma) is a tall, dense, evergreen tree that is indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It makes an excellent fast-growing hedge for gardens - growing tall, straig ...

'' (Lance-leaved ironwood, Smooth or Mild, Unarmed ironwood) * '' Inhambanella henriquesii'' (Rock, Water or Small ironwood) * ''

Intsia bijuga ''Intsia bijuga'', commonly known as Borneo teak, ipil, merbau, Johnstone River teak, and kwila, amongst many other names, is a species of tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, native to coastal areas from east Africa, through India and ...

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Intsia palembanica ''Intsia palembanica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The specific epithet ''palembanica'' is for Palembang in Sumatra, Indonesia. Common names include Borneo teak, Malacca teak and Moluccan ironwood. It is native to a wi ...

'' (Moluccan, Madagascar ironwood) * '' Ixora ferrea'' (Ironwood, West Indian ironwood, Martinique ironwood, Red ironwood, Three-flowered ironwood) * '' Jacquinia keyensis'' (Ironwood) * '' Krugiodendron ferreum'' (Black ironwood, Caribbean or Guadeloupe ironwood), Caribbean * ('' Libidibia ferrea'' Syn.: 'Caesalpinia ferrea'') (Brazilian ironwood), Brazil * ''

Lignum vitae Lignum vitae (), also called guayacan or guaiacum, and in parts of Europe known as Pockholz or pokhout, is a wood from trees of the genus '' Guaiacum''. The trees are indigenous to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America (e.g., Co ...

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Guaiacum officinale ''Guaiacum officinale'', commonly known as roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood or gaïacwood, is a species of tree in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae, that is native to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. Description This sm ...

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Guaiacum sanctum ''Guaiacum sanctum'', commonly known as holywood, lignum vitae or holywood lignum-vitae, is a species of flowering plant in the Larrea tridentata, creosote bush family, Zygophyllaceae. It is native to the Neotropical realm, from Mexico through Ce ...

'' and Argentine, Paraguay Lignum Vitae, Verawood ''

Bulnesia arborea ''Bulnesia arborea'' is a species of flowering plant in the creosote subfamily (Larreoideae) of family Zygophyllaceae. It is native to Colombia and Venezuela. Related to the true ''lignum vitae'' trees (''Guaiacum''), it is known as Maracaibo ''l ...

'' also als Maracaibo Lignum Vitae and ''

Bulnesia sarmientoi ''Bulnesia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly '' B. arborea'' and '' B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood ( ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Lophira alata ''Lophira alata'', commonly known as azobé, ekki or the red ironwood tree, is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, ...

'' (West African ironwood, (Small) Red ironwood, Dwarf (red) ironwood, Dryzone (red) ironwood), western and central Africa * ''

Lophira lanceolata ''Lophira'' is a genus of plants in the family Ochnaceae. Almost every part of ''Lophira'' (bark, root bark, leaves, and leafy shoots) is used for various medicinal purposes. Species include: * '' Lophira alata'' Banks A bank is a finan ...

'' ((Dwarf) Red ironwood) * ''

Lyonothamnus floribundus ''Lyonothamnus'' is a monotypic genus of trees in the Rosaceae, rose family containing the single living species ''Lyonothamnus floribundus'', which is known by the common name Catalina ironwood, and the subspecies ''L. f.'' ssp. ''aspleniifolius ...

'' (Catalina or Western ironwood, Island or Santa Cruz (Island) Ironwood, Lyon's Ironwood or Fern-leaved ironwood), in the

rose family Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but some ...

Channel Islands of California The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. They define the Santa Barbara Channel between the islands and the California mainland. The ...

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Manilkara hexandra ''Manilkara hexandra'' is a tree species in the tribe Sapoteae, in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to much of the Indian subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka; Indo-China: Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Its vernacular nam ...

'' (Ceylon ironwood) * ''

Manilkara kauki ''Manilkara kauki'' is a plant in the subfamily Sapotoideae, and the tribe Sapoteae of the family Sapotaceae; and is the type species for the genus ''Manilkara''.''Species Plantarum'' 2 1753 It occurs in tropical Asia from Indo-China (Cambod ...

'' (Moluccan ironwood) * ''

Mesua ferrea ''Mesua ferrea'', the Ceylon ironwood, or cobra saffron, is a species in the family Calophyllaceae native to the Indomalayan realm. This slow-growing tree is named after the heaviness and hardness of its timber. It is widely cultivated as an o ...

'' (Sri Lankan or Ceylon and Assam ironwood, East Indian Ironwood), southern and southeastern Asia * ''

Metrosideros ''Metrosideros'' is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines in the family Myrtaceae, mostly found in the Pacific region. Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular. The ...

'' spp. all Species (Ironwood), ''

Metrosideros umbellata ''Metrosideros umbellata'', the southern rātā, is a tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to or more tall with a trunk up to or more in diameter. It produces masses of red flowers in summer. Unlike its relative, northern rātā, this sp ...

'' (New Zealand Ironwood), ''

Metrosideros kermadecensis ''Metrosideros kermadecensis'', with common names ''Kermadec pōhutukawa'' and New Zealand Christmas bush is an evergreen tree of the myrtle family which is endemic to the volcanic Kermadec Islands about north-east of New Zealand. The tree p ...

'' (Real or True ironwood) * '' Millettia grandis'' (Kafir ironwood) * '' Minquartia guianensis'' (Ironwood) * '' Mouriri myrtilloides'' (Small-leaved ironwood) * '' Myoporum obscurum'' (Bastard ironwood) * ''

Myracrodruon urundeuva ''Myracrodruon urundeuva'' (Portuguese common names: aroeira-do-sertão, aroeira preta, urundeúva, urindeúva, arindeúva) is a timber tree, which is often used for beekeeping. This plant is native to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, and ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Nestegis apetala ''Notelaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. It includes 21 species native to eastern Australia and Tasmania, New Zealand, the Norfolk Islands, New Caledonia, and the Hawaiian Islands. Plants in the genus ''Notelaea'' are ...

'' (Bastard ironwood),

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

and

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island ( , ; ) is an States and territories of Australia, external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head, New South Wales, Evans Head and a ...

* '' Notelaea ligustrina'' (Tasmanian ironwood, New-South-Wales ironwood) * ''

Notelaea longifolia ''Notelaea longifolia'' is a very common shrub or small tree in eastern Australia. Occurring in or adjacent to rainforest from Mimosa Rocks National Park (37° S) to Bamaga (11° S) in far north Queensland. Common names include large mock-olive ...

'' (Norfolk-Island ironwood) * ('' Noronhia foveolata'' Syn.: '' Chionanthus foveolatus'') (Pock ironwood, Bastard ironwood or Cape pock ironwood, Bastard, Forest pock ironwood, Ornate-leaf(ved), Fine-leaved ironwood) native to southern Africa * '' Ochna holstii'' (Red ironwood) * ''

Oldfieldia africana ''Oldfieldia'' is a plant genus under the family Picrodendraceae, the only member of its subtribe Subtribe is a taxonomic category ranking which is below the rank of tribe and above genus. The standard suffix for a subtribe is -ina (in animals ...

'' (West African ironwood) * ''

Olea capensis ''Olea capensis'', the black ironwood, is an African tree species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa: from the east in Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan, south to the tip of South Africa, and west to Cameroon, Sierra ...

'' (''Bastard'' Black, Forest, Bushveld or False, Bastard ironwood, South African ironwood, Small and Olive ironwood, East African ironwood),

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

* '' Olea woodiana'' (Black ironwood), eastern and southern Africa * ''

Olinia ventosa ''Olinia ventosa'', commonly known as the hard-pear. is a large, evergreen forest tree indigenous to South Africa. Appearance The hard-pear is a large tree that usually grows to 15–20 meters in height. When exposed to harsh conditions, it f ...

'' (Sproutful ironwood) * ''

Olneya tesota ''Olneya tesota'' is a perennial flowering tree of the family Fabaceae, legumes (peas, beans, etc.), which is commonly known as ironwood, desert ironwood, or palo fierro in Spanish. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Olneya''. This t ...

'' (desert ironwood, Arizona or Sonora ironwood, Mexican ironwood) * '' Ostrya knowltonii'' Knowlton's or Western hophornbeam (Canyon ironwood, Western Ironwood) * ''

Ostrya virginiana ''Ostrya virginiana'', the American hophornbeam, is a species of ''Ostrya'' native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Manitoba and eastern Wyoming, southeast to northern Florida and southwest to eastern Texas. Populations ...

'' Hophornbeam, (North-American, American ironwood, Canadian ironwood, Rough-barked ironwood, Eastern ironwood) * ''Palicourea cardiomorpha'' subsp. ''cardiomorpha'' (Panicled-flowered ironwood) * ''

Parrotia persica ''Parrotia persica'', the Persian ironwood, is a deciduous tree in the family Hamamelidaceae, closely related to the witch-hazel genus ''Hamamelis''. It is native to Iran's Caspian region (where it is called ) and Azerbaijan (where it is called ...

'' (Persian ironwood, Transcaucasian ironwood) * '' Parrotia subaequalis'' (Chinese ironwood) * ''

Paubrasilia echinata ''Paubrasilia echinata'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, that is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It is a Brazilian timber tree commonly known as Pernambuco wood or brazilwood (, ; Tupi: ) and is the na ...

'' (Ironwood) * '' Peltophorum rufum'' (Cochinchina ironwood) * ''

Pemphis acidula ''Pemphis acidula'', commonly known as bantigue (pron. ) or mentigi, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lythraceae. It is the only species in the genus '' Pemphis''. It is found growing in sandy and calcareous soils in littoral zones, ...

'' (Maldivian ironwood) * '' Picrodendron baccatum'' (Black ironwood) * ''

Planchonella costata ''Planchonella costata'' is a small coastal tree native to the northern North Island (New Zealand) and to Norfolk Island (Australia). In New Zealand, its common name is tawapou (Māori: "tawāpou"); on Norfolk Island it is called bastard ironwood ...

'' (Bastard ironwood) * '' Planchonella obovata'' (Silvery ironwood, Obovate ironwood) * ''

Prosopis juliflora ''Neltuma juliflora '' (, ''Cuji'' in Venezuela, ''Trupillo'' in Colombia, ''Aippia'' in the Wayuunaiki language and long-thorn kiawe in Hawaii), formerly ''Prosopis juliflora'', is a shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae, a kind of mesquit ...

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Prosopis glandulosa ''Neltuma glandulosa'', formerly ''Prosopis glandulosa'', commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae). Distribution The plant is primarily native to the Southwes ...

'' (Texas ironwood), ''

Prosopis kuntzei ''Neltuma kuntzei'' (formerly ''Prosopis kuntzei'') is a South American leguminous tree species that inhabits the westernmost Gran Chaco forests covering areas of Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It has also been able to colonize the nearby past ...

'', '' Prosopis africana'' (Ironwood) Mesquite * ''

Prunus africana ''Prunus africana'', the African cherry, has a wide distribution in Africa, occurring in montane regions of central and southern Africa and on the islands of Bioko, São-Tomé, Grande Comore, and Madagascar. It can be found at above sea level. I ...

'' (Ironwood) * Quebracho ''

Schinopsis ''Schinopsis'' is a genus of South American trees in the family Anacardiaceae, also known by the common names quebracho, quebracho colorado and red quebracho. In Brazil it is known as ''baraúna'' or ''braúna''. Description The species within t ...

'' spp.; ''

Schinopsis brasiliensis ''Schinopsis brasiliensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family known by the common names ''baraúna'' or ''braúna''.Cardoso, M. P., et al. (2005)A new alkyl phenol from ''Schinopsis brasiliensis''.''Natural Product Research'' ...

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Schinopsis balansae ''Schinopsis balansae'' is a hardwood tree known as willow-leaf red quebracho which forms forests in the subtropical Humid Chaco ecoregion of north-eastern Argentina, and Paraguay. It is also found in the wild Pantanal vegetation in Brazil. Some ...

'', ''

Schinopsis lorentzii ''Schinopsis lorentzii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Anacardiaceae''. It is a hardwood tree known as red quebracho, native of the Paraguayan subtropical area, which forms forests in Gran Chaco region of Argentina, in Paraguay ...

'' and ''

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco ''Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco'', commonly known as Quebracho blanco, kebrako, or white quebracho, is a South American tree species, native to Brazil, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It must not be confused with other species ...

'' (Ironwood) * ''

Rapanea melanophloeos ''Myrsine melanophloeos'', commonly known as Cape beech, Kaapse boekenhout (Afrikaans), isiCalabi (Zulu language, Zulu) or isiQwane sehlati (Xhosa language, Xhosa) is a dense evergreen tree that is native to the Afromontane, afromontane forests o ...

'' (Laurel-leaved ironwood) * ''

Rauvolfia sandwicensis ''Rauvolfia sandwicensis'', the devil's-pepper, also known as ''hao'' in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae, that is endemic to Hawaii. It is a shrub, a small tree reaching in height, or, ...

'' (Hawaiian ironwood) * ''

Reynosia septentrionalis ''Reynosia'' is a genus of plant in family ''Rhamnaceae''. Darlingplum is a common name for this genus. Species include: * '' Reynosia affinis'' Urb. & Ekman * '' Reynosia barbatula'' M.C.Johnst. & Lundell * '' Reynosia camagueyensis'' Britton ...

'', '' Reynosa latifolia'' (Red ironwood) * '' Rhodamnia acuminata'' (Cooloola ironwood) * ''Rhodomyrtus trineura'' var. ''canescens'' (Crater ironwood), '' Rhodomyrtus pervagata'' (Rusty ironwood) * '' Rothmannia capensis'' (Black ironwood, Cape of Good Hope ironwood) * ''

Schleichera oleosa ''Schleichera'' is a monotypic genus of plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There is only one species, ''Schleichera oleosa'', a tree that occurs in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Species ''Schleichera oleosa'', kusum tr ...

'' (Ironwood) * '' Senegalia intsia'' (Indian ironwood) * '' Senegalia muricata'' (Ironwood) * '' Senegalia tenuifolia'' (Antillean ironwood) * ''

Senna siamea ''Senna siamea'', also known as Siamese cassia, kassod tree, cassod tree and cassia tree, is a legume in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It is native to South Asia, South and Southeast Asia, although its exact origin is unknown. Description I ...

'' (Indonesian or Indian ironwood) * ''

Sideroxylon ''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family (biology), family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek language, Greek words ...

'' spp. (Ironwood); ** ''

Sideroxylon inerme ''Sideroxylon inerme'' (aMasethole or white milkwood, , , ) is a southern and eastern African coastal tree, with dense foliage, black berries and small, foetid, greenish flowers. The tree's generic name means "Iron-wood" in Greek, referring to it ...

'' (Smooth or White ironwood, Broad-leaved, Unarmed ironwood, Cape or East African ironwood) ** ''

Sideroxylon lanuginosum ''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States as well as Northeastern Mexico. Common names include gum bully, black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, shi ...

'' or Gum bully (Ironwood) ** ''

Sideroxylon lycioides ''Sideroxylon lycioides'', the buckthorn bully, is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States The Southeastern United States, also known as the American Southeast or simply the Southeas ...

'' (American ironwood, Canada thorny ironwood, Willow-leaved, Boxthorn-leaved ironwood, Ten-threaded, Decandrous ironwood, Bumelia ironwood) ** ''

Sideroxylon tenax ''Sideroxylon tenax'', called the tough bully, is a plant species native to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and the southernmost part of North Carolina. It grows on dry, sandy soil in pine forests, pine-oak woodlands, and hummocks at elevation ...

'' (Silky(-leaved) ironwood, Silvery-leaved ironwood) ** '' Sideroxylon celastrinum'' (Ironwood) ** '' Sideroxylon cinereum'' (White ironwood, Bourbon or Mauritius ironwood) ** ''

Sideroxylon foetidissimum ''Sideroxylon foetidissimum'', commonly known as false mastic or yellow mastic, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, and northern Central America Central A ...

'' (Opposite-leaved ironwood) ** ''

'' (Woolly-leaved ironwood) ** '' Sideroxylon reclinatum'' (Reclined ironwood) * ''

Sloanea dentata ''Sloanea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae, comprising about 150 species. Species include: * '' Sloanea acutiflora'' Uittien * '' Sloanea assamica'' Rehder & E. Wilson * '' Sloanea australis'' Benth. & F.Muell., an ...

'' (Black ironwood, Broad-leaf ironwood) * ''

Sloanea jamaicensis ''Sloanea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae, comprising about 150 species. Species include: * '' Sloanea acutiflora'' Uittien * '' Sloanea assamica'' Rehder & E. Wilson * '' Sloanea australis'' Benth. & F.Muell., an ...

'', '' Sloanea sinemariensis'' (Ironwood) * ''

Stadmania ''Stadtmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Kenya to the Northern Provinces, Tanzania and Zimbabwe (in Southern Africa) and the islands of Madagascar and Mauritius, in the western Indian ...

'' spp. (Ironwood, ''Bois de fer'', Mauritius ironwood), '' Stadmania oppositifolia'' (Bourbon ironwood) * ''

Swartzia ''Swartzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. ''Swartzia'' is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where ...

'' spp.; '' Swartzia tomentosa'' (Cayenne ironwood), '' Swartzia bannia'', '' Swartzia bidentata'', ''

Swartzia leiocalycina ''Swartzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. ''Swartzia'' is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where ...

'', '' Swartzia ingifolia'', ''

Swartzia grandifolia ''Swartzia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It was named in honor of Swedish botanist Olof Swartz and contains about 200 species. ''Swartzia'' is restricted in its geographical distribution to the New World Tropics, where ...

'', '' Swartzia panacoco'' (Guiana ironwood) etc. (Ironwood, South American ironwood, Suriname ironwood) * '' Terminalia canescens'' (Ironwood) * ''

Tetragastris balsamifera ''Tetragastris'' is a genus of plants in family Burseraceae The Burseraceae are a moderate-sized family of 17-19 genera and about 540 species of woody flowering plants. The actual numbers given in taxonomic sources differ according to taxon ...

'' (West Indian ironwood) * ''

Thouinia striata ''Thouinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. Distribution and habitat They are native to Mexico to Central America (within Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and the Caribbean (within B ...

'' (Ironwood, Quebracho) * '' Trichilia hirta'' (Bastard ironwood) * ''

Tristaniopsis laurina ''Tristaniopsis laurina'', the water gum or kanooka, is a tree species native to Australia. It usually grows near the eastern coastline and along the banks of streams, where the trunks and branches tend to be shaped in the direction of the curr ...

'' (Canungra ironwood) * ''

Vachellia farnesiana ''Vachellia farnesiana'', also known as ''Acacia farnesiana'', and previously ''Mimosa farnesiana'', commonly known as sweet acacia, huisache, casha tree, or needle bush, is a species of shrub or small tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. Its flo ...

'' (Ironwood) * '' Vepris lanceolata'' (White ironwood), '' Vepris reflexa'' (Woodland white ironwood, Bushveld white ironwood, Drooping or Rock white ironwood), '' Vepris undulata'' (White ironwood), ''

Vepris carringtoniana ''Vepris'' is a genus of plant in family Rutaceae. It comprises around 90 species, mainly from tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands and at a lesser extent Arabia and India. Species , Plants of the World Online (PoWO) accepted t ...

'' (Coastal white ironwood, Wing-leaved white ironwood), '' Vepris zambesiaca'' (Rare white ironwood), '' Vepris termitaria'' (Riverine white ironwood) native to South Africa * ''

Xanthostemon ''Xanthostemon'' is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, first described in 1857 by the German–born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. The genus is distributed across Malesia, Papuasia and northern Australia. The genera '' ...

'' species collectively known as "Philippine ironwood", all endemic to the Philippines :* ''

Xanthostemon bracteatus ''Xanthostemon bracteatus'' is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae, endemic to the Philippines. References

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'' (Mapilig) :* ''

Xanthostemon fruticosus ''Xanthostemon'' is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, first described in 1857 by the German–born Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. The genus is distributed across Malesia, Papuasia and northern Australia. The genera '' ...

'' (Sierra Madre mangkono) :* '' Xanthostemon philippinensis'' (Bagoadlau) :* ''

Xanthostemon verdugonianus ''Xanthostemon verdugonianus'', commonly known as mangkono or Philippine ironwood, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the islands of the Visayas, Palawan, and northeastern Mindanao. It is valued for its extremely dur ...

'' (Mangkono) :* '' Xanthostemon speciosus'' (Palawan mangkono) * '' Xanthostemon verus'' (Asian or Moluccan, Real or True ironwood) * '' Xantolis tomentosa'' (Armed ironwood, Felty, Woolly, Downy-leaved ironwood) * ''

Xylia xylocarpa ''Xylia xylocarpa'' is a species of 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, e.g., including only ...

'' (Burma ironwood or Myanmar ironwood) * ''

Zanthoxylum fagara ''Zanthoxylum fagara'' or wild lime, is a species of flowering plant that—despite its name—is not part of the genus ''Citrus'' with real limes and other fruit, but is a close cousin in the larger citrus family, Rutaceae. It is more closely ...

'' (Bastard, False ironwood, Yellow ironwood, Jamaica, Brazilian ironwood, Intended-leaved American ironwood) * ''

Zanthoxylum piperitum ''Zanthoxylum piperitum'', also known as Japanese pepper or Japanese prickly-ash, is a deciduous aromatic spiny shrub or small tree of the citrus and rue family Rutaceae, native to Japan and Korea. It is called () in Japan and () in Korea. Bo ...

'' (Crenated-leaved ironwood) * '' Zanthoxylum tragodes'' (Prickly-leaved American ironwood) * '' Zapoteca tetragona'' (Antillean ironwood)

Plants named ironwood

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Carpinus caroliniana ''Carpinus caroliniana'', the American hornbeam, is a small hardwood understory tree in the genus ''Carpinus''. American hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, musclewood and muscle beech. It is native to eastern North America, from Mi ...

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Some of the species with their common name

Plants named ironwood

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