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West Indian boxwood

lumber
Also known as: Casearia praecox

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source of boxwood

  • Box (Buxus sempervirens)
    In boxwood

    …density and grain, such as West Indian boxwood, a North American lumber trade name for wood from two tropical American trees, Casearia praecox of the family Salicaceae and Phyllostylon brasiliensis of the family Ulmaceae, and a number of woods from Australian trees in the genera Eucalyptus and Tristania (family Myrtaceae),…

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  • weeping willow tree
    In Malpighiales: Salicaceae

    West Indian boxwood, C. praecox, native to Venezuela and the West Indies, is a firm, close-grained wood popular among woodworkers. It is often substituted for true boxwood, Buxus sempervirens, a member of the order Buxales, in the making of veneers, carvings, and keyboards. Ryania angustifolia,…

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