camwood(n = noun.plant) african sandalwood, baphia nitida - small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye;
is a kind of tree
is a member of baphia, genus baphia

   See Barwood. [1913 Webster]

camwood, n. a hard red wood from a tree Pterocarpus soyauxii, native to W. Africa.

Etymology:
perh. f. Temne