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Definition of Baphia nitida
1. Noun. Small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye.
Group relationships: Baphia, Genus Baphia
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baphia Nitida
Literary usage of Baphia nitida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The River Congo: From Its Mouth to Bólóbó; with a General Description of the by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1895)
"... descending in glittering drops on the tree-covered Baphia nitida. islands,
and forming under the sun's rays fitful gleams of rainbow colours that at ..."
2. Sketch of the Forestry of West Africa with Particular Reference to Its by Sir Cornelius Alfred Moloney (1887)
"Botanists—at least some—give out that camwood and barwood are obtained from the
Baphia nitida- The different colouring given in description, ..."
3. C.E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-book: Of Common Local, English, Botanical and by Charles E. Hobbs (1876)
"... Bambusa Arundinacea, Bamia moschata,* Banisteria angulosa, Banksia Abyssinica,
Baphia nitida, Baptisia alba, " Australis, " leucantha,* " tinctoria, ..."
4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1892)
"... known as bar wood or cam wood from Baphia nitida, a tree growing on the West
Coast of Africa, and used by the native women for painting their bodies. ..."
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