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service tree1545
cornel-wood1600
manchineel1683
bois d'arc1805
apple1815
crab-wood1849
peach wood1850
plum1902
persimmon1989
1849 J. F. Bourne in Ecclesiologist IX. 183 I intend to use ‘crab-wood’ for the roof and fittings.
1866 J. Lindley & T. MooreTreasury Bot. I. 220/2Crab-wood..is used for making articles of furniture, for shingles, and for the masts and spars of vessels.