Bloodwood
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)
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Bloodwood of Brosimum rubescens
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Trunk of Corymbia gummifera with red bleeding (Kino)

African Padauk of Pterocarpus soyauxii
References
- Baker, Mark (2004). Wood for Woodturners. Sussex: Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications. ISBN 1-86108-324-6.
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