melkhout
/ˈmɛlkhəʊt/South African
noun
Any of several trees of the family Sapotaceae with milky sap; especially (a) (more fully white melkhout) the white milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme; the pale timber of this tree; (b) (more fully red melkhout) the red milkwood, Mimusops obovata.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in James Ewart (?1791–1823). From South African Dutch, Afrikaans melkhout from melk + hout wood.