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Note:  Do not rely on this information. It is very old.

Stinkwood

Stinkwood, a valuable South African timber, the product of Ocotea bullata, a member of the order Lauraceae, which grows fifty or sixty feet high, and four or five feet in diameter. The wood is said to be almost equal to teak for durability and strength, but has become scarce from former reckless destruction of forests. It varies in colour from white almost to black.