African rosewood

English

Noun

African rosewood (countable and uncountable, plural African rosewoods)

1. A vernacular name for several plants:
   1. Millettia laurentii, a legume tree native to western central Africa that yields a wood called wenge.
   2. Species in the genus Guibourtia, including
      1. Guibourtia coleosperma, a tree species of Angola and some neighboring countries.
   3. Hagenia abyssinica (East African rosewood), a species of flowering plant native to high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa.
   4. Pterocarpus erinaceus, or other African Pterocarpus spp.