mahagua

Noun

• erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Cuban bast , blue mahoe , mahoe , majagua , Hibiscus elatus , balibago , purau , Hibiscus tiliaceus