page_title: Bloodwood
hierarchical_section_title: Bloodwood
caption_attribution_description: Red Bloodwood, Corymbia gummifera, bleeding bright red blood. Royal National Park, NSW Australia, May 2013.
context_page_description: Bloodwood is a common name for several unrelated trees, including:
  Baloghia inophylla, Baloghia marmorata, Baloghia parviflora
  Brosimum rubescens, a tree found in Central and South America
  Many Myrtaceae trees in the genus Corymbia from Australia, formerly from the genus Eucalyptus; Corymbia gummifera, Corymbia intermedia, Corymbia ptychocarpa, Corymbia opaca, Corymbia eximia etc.
  Casuarina equisetifolia
  Cyrilla racemiflora
  Gordonia haematoxylon, a tree from Jamaica
  Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Central America and Caribbean
  Lagerstroemia speciosa
  Several trees from the genus Pterocarpus from Africa and Asia, the trees yields a red exsudate which soon harden into crimson tears; Pterocarpus angolensis, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Pterocarpus rotundifolius, Pterocarpus indicus, Pterocarpus officinalis, etc. The Pterocarpus wood is traded under different names but normally not as bloodwood.
  Vachellia haematoxylon
context_section_description: Bloodwood is a common name for several unrelated trees, including:
  Baloghia inophylla (Brush or Scrub bloodwood), Baloghia marmorata (Marbled bloodwood), Baloghia parviflora (Small-flowered bloodwood)
  Brosimum rubescens, a tree found in Central and South America
  Many Myrtaceae trees in the genus Corymbia from Australia, formerly from the genus Eucalyptus; Corymbia gummifera (Red bloodwood), Corymbia intermedia (Pink bloodwood), Corymbia ptychocarpa (Swamp and Spring bloodwood), Corymbia opaca (Desert bloodwood), Corymbia eximia (Yellow bloodwood) etc.
  Casuarina equisetifolia
  Cyrilla racemiflora
  Gordonia haematoxylon, a tree from Jamaica
  Haematoxylum campechianum, a tree from Central America and Caribbean
  Lagerstroemia speciosa (Indian bloodwood)
  Several trees from the genus Pterocarpus from Africa and Asia, the trees yields a red exsudate which soon harden into crimson tears (Kino, Dragon's blood); Pterocarpus angolensis, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Pterocarpus rotundifolius, Pterocarpus indicus, Pterocarpus officinalis (Dragon's blood), etc. The Pterocarpus wood is traded under different names but normally not as bloodwood.
  Vachellia haematoxylon (Syn.: Acacia haematoxylon) (Bloodwood-Acacia)
caption: Trunk of Corymbia gummifera with red bleeding (Kino)
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