Extensive Definition
Stinkwood is the common name for a number of
trees or shrubs which have wood with an unpleasant odour,
including:
- Celtis africana (White Stinkwood) – native to South Africa
- Foetidia mauritiana – native to Reunion and Mauritius
- Gyrocarpus jacquini and Gyrocarpus americanus http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=Gyrocarpus_jacquini
- Jacksonia furcellata (Grey Stinkwood) – native to Australia
- Jacksonia sternbergiana (Green Stinkwood) – native to Australia
- Ocotea
bullata (Black
Stinkwood, True Stinkwood) – native to South Africa
- other species of Ocotea, e.g. Ocotea foetens (Til, Tilo), native to Macaronesia
- Prunus africana (Red Stinkwood) – native to montane Subsaharan Africa
- Zieria arborescens – native to Australia