BLACKWOOD— BLOODWOOD U5 



furniture or turnery. R, nitida Thunlb., from Natal, is a smaller 

 but similar wood, known by the same vernacular names.' 



Blackwood, African (Dalhergia melanoxylon Guill. and Perr. : 

 Order Leguminosce), " Senegal Ebony," " Congoholz." Tropical 

 Africa. W 74-5. Sap wood narrow, brownish- white ; heart jet- 

 black or brownish-black, heavy, hard, coarse but even-grained, with 

 a slight smell of rosewater, burning with a smoky flame and the 

 tarry smell characteristic of Dalbirgia. Used, as ebony, in turnery. 



Blackwood, Indian {DalMrgia latifolia Roxb. : Order Leguminosce) ' 

 *' Malabar Blackwood," '' Bombay Rose-wood." '* Rosetta Rose- 

 wood." Beng. " Sit Sal," Tarn. " Iti." India. A large tree 

 reaching 80 ft. in height and 6 ft. diam. S.G. 1064 — 818. W 46 — 

 66-75. R 522 — 602 lbs. Sapwood whitish ; heart dark-brown to 

 greenish-black, often mottled with lighter purplish streaks, heavy, 

 very hard, tough, close but cross-grained, and containing lime- 

 incrustations, and therefore difficult to work, taking a fine polish, 

 durable. Used for sleepers, agricultural implements, gun-carriages, 

 cart-wheels, tool-handles, carving, and especially furniture, for 

 which purpose it is exported via Bombay, and has fetched £13 10s. 

 per ton in London, whilst £7 to £10 is an ordinary price. With it is 

 oonfused the wood of its variety D. latifolia, var. sissoides, known in 

 Tamil as " Biti," a smaller tree common in the extreme South of 

 India, very strong and tough, but with much heartshake and so 

 much oil as to be unfit to receive paint ; and that of D. cultrdta in 

 Burma. [See Yen-dike.] 



Bloodwood {Eucalyptus corymbosa Sm. : Order Myrtdcece), Ahorig, 

 ^' Boona." Southern Queensland and New South Wales. Height 

 30—100 ft. ; diam. 1—4 ft. S.G. 983—853. W 72-6. E 1023. 

 / 7-57. fc 4-48. fs -615. Dark red-brown, moderately heavy, 

 easily dressed, straight and close in grain, but full of gum-veins, 

 and not, therefore, a favourite with sawyers, becoming hard on 

 drying, very strong and durable, little attacked by termites. Used 

 chiefly for posts and rails, but also for piles and sleepers. The name 

 is also applied to the allied J7. termindlis E. v. M. of the interior, the 

 '' Arang-mill " of the aborigines, a very red wood, forming the chief 

 large timber of the area, but not otherwise valuable ; and also to 

 JS, paniouldta Sm. [See Ironbark, White and Ironwood xxi.] 



Bloodwood, Brush, or Scrulb {Baloghia Mcida Endl. : Order 



Uuphorbidcece), " Roger Gough." New South Wales, Queensland, 

 Norfolk Island, New Caledonia. Height 70 — 80 ft. ; diam. 2 — 2^ ft. 

 W 44 — 45. Buff or Hght reddish, fine and close-grained, but rather 

 soft and not used. [See also Rosewood {Synoum glandulosum),} 



Bloodwood, Mountain, Smooth-barked, or Yellow {Eucalyptus 

 eximia Schauer : Order Myrtdcece). " Rusty Gum." Blue Moun- 



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