Noun
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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
- cuban bast - blue mahoe - mahagua - hibiscus elatus -
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
- mahagua - balibago - purau - hibiscus tiliaceus