Caanan fir 

Abies balsamea subsp. phanerolepsis 

 

Cabbage angelin 

Andira inermis 

 

Cabbage bark 

Andira inermis 

 

Cabbage palm 

Livistona australis/  Sabal palmetto

 

Cabbage snow gum 

Eucalyptus pauciflora 

 

Cabbage tree 

Moringa stenopetala /  Anthocleista grandiflora / Cussonia kirkii / Andira inermis / Moringa oleifera

A leguminous tree, growing very tall and branching towards the top called Cabbage Tree because it forms a head in growing; it has a smooth grey bark which, cut into long pieces, is the part utilized for medicine. It is thick, fibrous, scaly, and of an ashy brownish colour externally, covered with lichens - the inside bark is yellow and contains a bitter sweet mucilage, with an unpleasant smell. In Europe the bark of another species, Avouacouapa retusa, has been utilized. It grows in Surinam, is a more powerful vermifuge than Vouacapoua inermus and does not as a rule produce such injurious after-effects. In the dried state it is without odour, but has a very bitter taste; when powdered it has the colour of cinnamon.
Cabbage Tree Cordyline Australis  The young cabbage tree has a single, grey coloured trunk and later adds more trunks and branches with leaves clustered in bunches at the tips. Growing 12-20 metres. the long narrow leaves may be up to a metre long and the trunk 1.5 metres in diameter. The bark is thick and tough, like cork and the tree has a strong tap-root. In November to January hundreds of strongly scented white flowers form in clusters, attracting bees. The flowers form bluish-white berries which birds like to eat.

Cabinet cherry

 

see Cherry, Black

Cacao 

Theobroma cacao 

 

Cajeput-tree 

Melaleuca quinquenervia 

 

Cake tree

 

see Katsura

Calabrian pine 

Pinus brutia / Pinus halepensis

 

Calceolaria shower 

Senna spectabilis 

 

California bay 

Umbellularia californica 

 

California black oak 

Quercus kelloggii 

 

California box elder 

Acer negundo 

 

California buckeye 

Aesculus californica 

 

California fan palm 

Washingtonia filifera 

 

California filbert 

Corylus cornuta 

 

California giant redwood 

Sequoia gigantea 

 

California live oak 

Quercus agrifolia 

 

California redbud 

Cercis occidentalis 

 

California redwood

 

see Redwood

California white pine

 

see Ponderosa Pine

California-Laurel

 

see Laurel, California

Californina incense-cedar

 

see Incense-Cedar

Calophyllum

Calophyllum spp. principally C. vitiense, C. leucocarpum, C. kajewskii, C. paludosum

Other common names: bitangor, penaga (Malaysia), bitangur (Indonesia), vintanina (Madagascar), damanu (Fiji), island cedar, kalofilum, bush calophyllum (PNG), gwarogwaro, guoria, oleole, ba’ula (Solomon Is), canoe tree (Andaman Islands), galba, galaba (West Indies), poon (India, Myannmar), kathing (Thailand), cong (Vietnam). 
Distribution: Species of the genus marketed under the trade name calophyllum occur from Madagascar, India, throughout south-east Asia, across the Pacific Islands and also in South America and the West Indies. 
Tree Data: There are over 100 species of Calophyllum. They are large hardwoods attaining 30 m in height and a diameter of 0.8 m, rarely buttressed (with the exception of Papua New Guinea species), but occasionally with stilt roots. The shallow grooved outer bark is grey or white and decorticates in large thin strips. Trees are fast growing and often gregarious due to natural regeneration.They grow in widely different habitats from ridges in mountain forests to coastal swamps, lowland forests, and even coral cays.  
Timber Properties : Sapwood varies between species from pale yellow, yellow-brown often with pink tints, to orange. It is sometimes distinct from the heartwood, depending on the species. Heartwood is pink red, or red brown.Grain is interlocked, wavy or irregular, producing streaky or ribbon figure on the radial face. Backsawn boards commonly produce a zig-zag type figure.Air-dry density varies considerably between species. The range is between 540 and 900 kgm-3, and 640 kgm-3, is used for reference purposes. Untreated sapwood susceptible to lyctid borer attack.Sapwood readily accepts preservative impregnation.The timber is difficult to season and the use of weights, end sealing and close sticker intervals is recommended to minimise degrade.  Sapwood Pale yellowish pink not easily distinguished from heartwood, depending on species.Heartwood Pink red to reddish-brown.Texture Coarse, open and uneven. Grain interlocked or wavy. 
Working Characteristics:  
Common Uses: 
General : Suitable for use only in continuously dry situations. Under cover, clear of the ground and well ventilated, fully protected from the weather and other dampness.

Camagon

Diospyros discolor

see Ebony,East Indian 

Camphor Laurel

Ocotea usambarensis

Other common names:  
Distribution:  
Tree Data:  
Timber Properties : In spite of this, Camphor still fetches high prices A very attractive wood coloured gray, pale yellow, orange and brown that has a distinctive camphor smell. 
Working Characteristics: Because the logs dry from the inside out, great care has to be taken when drying them or they will split and twist. 
Common Uses: This timber is used to make vases, bowls, tables and lidded boxes. 
General : Originally from China, Camphor Laurel is still burnt in some Asian countries for incense. The oil is also extracted and used in moth balls, insect repellents and various medications. Camphorwood chests were made to store woolen blankets as the smell kept moths away.  Camphor is now classed as a noxious weed in Australia, growing prolifically from NSW to Far North Queensland.  Birds eat, then pass the seeds, usually while sitting on a fence. As the seeds mature into trees, they eventually destroy the fence lines.

Camphor tree 

Cinnamomum camphora 

 

Camwood 

Baphia nitida 

 

Canadian elder 

Sambucus canadensis 

 

Canadian hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 

see Hemlock, Eastern

Canadian red oak

 

see Oak, Red

Canadian walnut

 

see Walnut, Black

Canadian white birch

 

see Birch, Paper

Canaletto

 

see Walnut, Black

Canarium

Canarium schweinfurthii

Native to Ghana, Nigeria

Pale brown / pinkish brown heartwood looks like light mahogany

Can be woolly in planning and has silica deposits which can blunt tools

Used in interior joinery as mahogany substitute

Non durable

 

Canarium melioides 

Canarium ovatum 

 

Canary island date palm 

Phoenix canariensis 

 

Canary island pine 

Pinus canariensis 

 

Canary palm 

Phoenix canariensis 

 

Canary wood

 

see Yellow Poplar

Cancer bush 

Sutherlandia frutescens 

 

Cancharana

Cabralea oblongifolia

From Argentina

Candelabra wattle 

Acacia holosericea 

 

Candle bush 

Cassia alata 

 

Candle nut 

Aleurites moluccana 

 

Candle-bark gum 

Eucalyptus rubida 

 

Candlestick shrub 

Cassia alata 

 

Candlewood 

Ampelopsis himalayana 

 

Candlewood tree 

Cupania americana 

 

Candolleana wattle 

Acacia drummondii 

 

Cane ash

 

see Ash, White

Canicha 

Sesbania bispinosa 

 

Canistel 

Pouteria campechiana 

 

Cannonball tree 

Couroupita guianensis 

 

Canoe birch

 

see Birch, Paper

Canoe cedar

 

see Western Red Cedar

Canoe wood

 

see Yellow Poplar

Canyon live oak 

Quercus chrysolepis 

 

Cao, caoba

 

see Mahogany (So. Amer)

Cape chestnut 

Calodendrum capense 

 

Cape honeysuckle 

Tecomaria capensis 

 

Cape jasmine 

Gardenia jasminoides 

 

Cape mahogany 

Trichilia emetica 

 

Cape myrtle 

Myrsine africana 

 

Cape pittosporum 

Pittosporum viridiflorum 

 

Cape thorn 

Ziziphus mucronata 

 

Capirona 

Calycophyllum spruceanum 

 

Capulin

 

see Cherry, Black

Carabao grass