Corkwood Explained

Corkwood is a common name of a number of plants:

• Ackama paniculosa, a soft barked corkwood from Australia in the coachwood family
• Annona glabra, found in the West Indies
• Commiphora angolensis (sand corkwood), a shrub mainly in Angola and Namibia
• Commiphora saxicola (rock corkwood), a shrub endemic to Namibia
• Duboisia, a genus with species in Australia
• Endiandra sieberi, a corkwood from Australia in the laurel family
• Entelea arborescens, found in New Zealand
• Erythrina vespertilio (grey corkwood), Australia
• Hakea divaricata, found in Australia
• Hakea ivoryi, Australia
• Hakea suberea, Australia
• Leitneria floridana, southeastern North America
• Melicope, a genus with species in Australia
• Musanga cecropioides (African corkwood), Africa
• Sesbania grandiflora, southeast Asia and northern Australia, with edible flowers
• Stillingia aquatica, woody shrub that grows in the southeastern United States