Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. plant material
8. [wood and wood by product]
9. wood (plant material)
10. [wood by composition or origin]
11. hardwood

Anotations

Scope note:

Wood of the species Hibiscus elatus, native to Jamaica and Cuba, but widely naturalized from Florida to Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico to Peru and Brazil. The attractive, durable wood is widely used for furniture, cabinet making, inlay, picture frames, bowls, carvings, and lutes.