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Stinkwood

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Stinkwood is the common name for a number of trees or shrubs which have wood with an unpleasant odour, including:

  • Celtis africana (White stinkwood) – native to South Africa
  • Celtis mildbraedii (Natal white stinkwood, red-fruited white-stinkwood) – native to Tropical Africa
  • Celtis timorensis – native to south and southeast Asia
  • Coprosma foetidissima; in New Zealand and extends south to the Auckland Islands
  • Coprosma putida – endemic to Lord Howe Island
  • Foetidia mauritiana – native to Reunion and Mauritius
  • Gyrocarpus americanus, pantropical tree in Hernandiaceae family
  • Jacksonia furcellata (Grey stinkwood) – native to Australia
  • Jacksonia sternbergiana (Green stinkwood) – native to Australia
  • Ocotea bullata (Black stinkwood, true stinkwood) – native to South Africa
  • other species of Ocotea, e.g. Ocotea foetens (Til, tilo), native to Macaronesia
  • Prunus africana (Red stinkwood) – native to montane Subsaharan Africa
  • Zieria arborescens – native to Australia
  • References

    Stinkwood Wikipedia