Purple Wood, or
PURPLE HEART, the heartwood of Copaifera pubiflora and C. bracteata, a very handsome wood of a rich plum colour. The trees producing it are natives of British Guiana, and its chief use in England has been for making ramrods for guns.
Purple Wood,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 497
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