A tree with fragrant yellow flowers and useful timber that resembles teak, native to tropical and southern Africa.
安哥拉紫檀
Pterocarpus angolensis, family Leguminosae
Example sentencesExamples
Combretums grow in large numbers and there are giant sycamore figs, mkuhlus, maroelas, kiaats and spectacular flowering trees such as the white pear and the red and orange kaffirboom.
And my friend Glen Davis has a box pentatonic kalimba which has the deepest darkest kiaat wood I have ever seen.
This beautiful seascape was made with blue pine, aspen, myrtlewood, kiaat, maple, red cedar and yellowheart.
The kiaat is a deciduous, spreading and slightly flat-crowned tree with a high canopy.
This is a kiaat tree, which is slow growing, and often forms very twisted shapes.
Origin
Mid 19th century: via Dutch from Malay kayu jati 'teak wood'.