Stinkwood, German ''Stinkholz'', French ''Bois Puant'', is the common name for a number of trees or shrubs which have
wood
Wood is a structural tissue/material found as xylem in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin t ...
or plant parts with an unpleasant odour, including:
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Anagyris foetida''; Southern Europe
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Bignonia callistegioides'' (cipó d'alho); Southern Brasil
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Celtis africana'' (
white stinkwood); native to South Africa
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Celtis mildbraedii'' (Natal white stinkwood, red-fruited white-stinkwood); native to Tropical Africa
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Celtis timorensis
''Celtis timorensis'', commonly known as stinkwood or stinking wood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cannabaceae that grows in tropical Asia. The specific epithet comes from the name of the island of Timor, the locality of the type ...
''; native to South and
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
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Coprosma foetidissima''; in New Zealand and extends South to the Auckland Islands
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Coprosma grandifolia''; New Zealand
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Coprosma putida''; endemic to
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland Port ...
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Crateva tapia''; (Páo, Pau or tapiá d'alho) Brasil to Central America
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Cryptocarya latifolia'' (bastard stinkwood); South Africa
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Dysoxylum alliaceum'' (German Knoblauchbaum); Southeast Asia
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Eucryphia moorei''; Southeast Australia
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Fridericia elegans'' (cipó d'alho); Middle Eastern Brasil
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Foetidia clusioides''; native to Reunion and
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
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Foetidia mauritiana''; native to Reunion and Mauritius
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Frangula caroliniana'' (Syn.: ''Rhamnus caroliniana''); Southern United States
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Gallesia integrifolia'' (Syn.: ''Crateva gorarema'') (German Knoblauchbaum, Páo, Pau d'alho); Brasil to Peru
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Gustavia augusta''; from South America
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Gyrocarpus americanus''; pantropical tree in family Hernandiaceae
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Jacksonia furcellata'' (
grey stinkwood
''Jacksonia furcellata'', commonly known as grey stinkwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying, or weeping erect shru ...
); native to Australia
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Jacksonia sternbergiana'' (
green stinkwood); native to Australia
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Juniperus sabina'' (German Stinkholz); Middle Europe to Asia
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Lasianthus purpureus''; Indonesia
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Mansoa alliacea'' (cipó d'alho); Northern South America
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Nyssa sylvatica''; eastern to southeastern United States
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Ocotea bullata'' (
black stinkwood, true stinkwood); native to South Africa
**other species of ''
Ocotea'', e.g. ''
Ocotea foetens'' (Til, tilo), native to
Macaronesia
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Olax zeylanica'' (German Stinkholz); Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
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Olax stricta'' (German Stinkholz); Eastern Australia
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Owenia cepiodora'' (onionwood); Australia
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Pararchidendron pruinosum ''; Eastern Australia
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Piscidia carthagenensis''; Central America to Northern South America
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Petersianthus macrocarpus'' (bastard stinkwood); South Africa
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Pseudosmodingium perniciosum'' (Syn.: ''Rhus perniciosa''); Western Mexico
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Prunus africana'' (
red stinkwood); native to montane Subsaharan Africa
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Rhus aromatica''; Eastern United States to Mexico and Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan
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Saprosma arborea''; Indonesia
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Scorodophloeus zenkeri'' (German Knoblauchrinde, garlic tree); Cameroon, Congo, Zaïre
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Seguieria americana'' (German Stinkholz, Knoblauchholz, as "Seguiera floribunda", Páo, Pau or Cipó d'alho); Northern South America
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Sorbus aucuparia
''Sorbus aucuparia'', commonly called rowan (, also ) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.
The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs o ...
'' (German Stinkholz); Europe to Western Russia, Iran
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Sterculia foetida''; India to Southeast Asia
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Styphnolobium japonicum'' (Syn.: ''Macrotropis foetida''); from South China
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Sideroxylon foetidissimum''; Florida, South Mexico, Guatemala, Antilles
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Zieria arborescens
''Zieria arborescens'', commonly known as the tree zieria or stinkwood, is a plant in the citrus Family (biology), family Rutaceae and is endemism, endemic to eastern Australia. It is a bushy shrub or small tree with branches that are ridged a ...
''; native to Australia
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