Bishopwood Specs
- Scientific Name
- Bischofia javanica
- Common Name(s)
- Bishopwood
- Distribution
- Southern and southeast Asia, Australia, Polynesia, North America, China, Taiwan
- Pricing/Availability
- Bishopwood is not readily available in the international marketplace, so its characteristics are unique.
- Common Uses
- Furniture, bent parts, joinery, and cabinetry
- Comments
- The tree is commonly used by tigers to scratch-mark territory in the jungles of Assam where it is locally called uriam. Bishopwood fruits are used for wine in the tree’s original habitat, and a red dye can be extracted from the bark. Used in Florida for street landscaping for many years, its planting is now discouraged as it is listed as a Category I invasive by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. It competes with indigenous trees, starving other plant life of water and nutrients.