n.
The name, with varying epithets,is applied to several Australian trees, chiefly Eucalypts, on account of the redness or hardness oftheir timber, and its applicability to purposes similar to thatof the true Mahogany. The following enumeration is compiledfrom Maiden's `Useful Native Plants'
Mahogany, Tristania conferta, R. Br., N.O. Myrtaceae; called also White Box, Red Box, Brush Box, Bastard Box, Brisbane Box. This bark is occasionally used for tanning.
♣ Bastard Mahogany, or Gippsland Mahogany, or Swamp Mahogany, Eucalyptus botryoides, Smith, N.O. Myrtaceae.The Blue Gum of New South Wales coast districts. BastardMahogany of Gippsland and New South Wales; called also SwampMahogany in Victoria and New South Wales. It also bears thenames of Bastard Jarrah, and occasionally Woolly Butt. Sydneyworkmen often give it the name Bangalay, by which it wasformerly known by the aboriginals of Port Jackson. It is oneof four colonial timbers recommended by the Victorian CarriageTimber Board for use in the construction of railway carriages.Specimens from Gippsland (Gippsland Mahogany) are spoken of as «a timber of good colour, as strong as Blue Gum.»
♣ Mahogany, or Bastard Mahogany, Eucalyptus marginata,Smith, N.O. Myrtaceae. Universally known as Jarrah. In Western Australia it also bears the nameof Mahogany, or Bastard Mahogany.
♣ Forest or Red Mahogany, Eucalyptus resinifera, Smith, N.O. Myrtaceae; called also Jimmy Low (q.v.).
♣ Forest Mahogany, Eucalyptus microcorys, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. In Queensland it is known as Peppermint, the foliage being remarkably rich in volatile oil.
But its almost universal name is Tallow Wood (q.v.). North of Port Jackson it bears the name of Turpentine Tree (q.v.), and Forest Mahogany.
♣ Tom Russell's Mahogany, Lysicarpus ternifolius, F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae.
♣ Swamp Mahogany, or White Mahogany, Eucalyptus robusta,Smith, N.O. Myrtaceae, B. Fl. This tree is known asWhite, or Swamp Mahogany, from the fact that it generally growsin swampy ground. It is also called Brown Gum. This timber ismuch valued for shingles, wheelwrights'work, ship-building, andbuilding purposes generally. As a timber for fuel, and whereno great strength is required, it is excellent, especially whenwe consider its adaptability to stagnant, swampy, or marshyplaces.
1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. ii.c. iv. p. 132:
«Mahogany, Jarrail, Eucalyptus, grows on white sandy land.»
Ibid. vol. ii. c. iv. p. 231:
«Part of our road lay through a thick mahogany scrub.»