Erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers

• Often cultivated for ornament
• Yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk
• Yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
• Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores

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n. shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament [syn: mahoe , majagua , balibago , purau , Hibiscus tiliaceus ] erect forest ...