- Pink Ivory
Taxobox
name = Pink Ivory
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Rosales
familia =Rhamnaceae
genus = "Berchemia "
species = "B. zeyheri"
binomial = "Berchemia zeyheri"
binomial_authority = (M. Berchem )C.L.P. Zeyher Pink Ivory ("Berchemia zeyheri"), also called Red Ivory, umNini or umGoloty, is a very rare
Africa n wood used to make luxury products (for example billiard queues and knives). The Pink Ivory tree grows predominantly inZimbabwe ,Mozambique andSouth Africa . The wood is extremely hard and has adensity of 990 g/dm³.Pink Ivory is the royal tree of the
Zulu s because only the royal family were allowed to possess the wood. Anyone else possessing the wood (including foreigners) was said to be punished with death. (The death sentence was a legend started in order to increase the value of the wood when sold overseas.)References
*Translated from German Wikipedia entry for Pink Ivory.
*http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/berchemzey.htm
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