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camwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | african sandalwood, baphia nitida |
| Type of | tree |
Examples of camwood
camwood
One commodity they got was camwood, a hard timber, from which also could be obtained a red dye.
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Later exports included copra made from the coconut palm, guinea grains, gum copal, camwood and beniseed.
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Traders sent slaves, ivory, gold, and camwood were to the Vai and Dei tribes in exchange for salt, tobacco, guns, and European cloth.
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- Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
- Camwood (Baphia nitida), also known as African sandalwood, is a shrubby, hard-wooded African tree. Its wood is commonly used to make a red dye. The earliest dye wood (Camwood) was from West Africa. The source of the dye, which is soluble in alkali, is the bark and heart of the tree. ...
- Red dye from wood of Baphia nitida tree.Termed bundu in Pidgin.
