What is "baphia nitida"

Barwood \Bar"wood`\ (b[aum]r"w[oo^]d`), n. A red wood of a leguminous tree ( Baphia nitida), from Angola and the Gabon in Africa. It is used as a dyewood, and also for ramrods, violin bows and turner's work.

Baphia nitida (camwood, also barwood), also known as African sandalwood, is a shrubby, leguminous., hard-wooded tree from central west Africa. This wood is of a very fine colour, and is used in woodturning for making knife handles and similar articles.

The tree's bark and heartwood are commonly used to make a brilliant but non-permanent red dye, which is soluble in alkali.

Camwood is known as "osun" in Yoruba.

Pterocarpin is a pterocarpan found in B. nitida.