Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores, yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk, often cultivated for ornament
English: mahoe, majagua, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus
Bahasa: baru, bebaru, embaru
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Pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers, yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
English: portia tree, bendy tree, seaside mahoe, Thespesia populnea
Bahasa: baru laut
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