camphorwood

There is still a major problem of illegal deforestation especially of camphorwood trees below 2,500 m.

Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania 2009

On the southern and southeastern slopes from 1,600 to 2,100 m the dominant lower montane forest species is camphorwood Ocotea usambarensis; from 2,100 to 2,40 0m the dominant middle montane forest species are camphorwood Ocotea usambarensis with yellowwood Podocarpus latifolius, a large evergreen, with the tree fern Cyathea manniana, sometimes growing to 7 m high.

Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania 2009

She leaned back against the oval mirror framed in camphorwood which formed the headboard of the bed.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

She leaned back against the oval mirror framed in camphorwood which formed the headboard of the bed.

Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991

The enormous crimson camphorwood torii, symbol of the Shinto shrine, rose over the heads of the still assembling guests who, according to the final count of RSVPs, were going to number over five hundred.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Next time the boys passed the second-floor landing, Frank could not help but open the camphorwood chest and cast a curious look inside.

GHOST STORIES FRANKLIN W. DIXON 1984

She watched, openmouthed, as the fan hummed through the air, embedding itself in the exact center of a camphorwood chest across the expanse of the room.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

This particular Ankoku Doji was carved from camphorwood, dated to the thirteenth century.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

He carried Old Glory with him as a sacred relic, carefully deposited in a heavy, brass-bound, camphorwood sea chest that had accompanied him on all his voyages.

How the Flag Became Old Glory Emma Look Scott

Chinese, eating from bowls of camphorwood raw sheep's heart minced with pepper, sometimes expecting permission to go free, sometimes sure of being tortured with the split bamboo.

Sacrifice Stephen French Whitman