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cœur m du bois

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Soot obtained from burning the heartwood supplied a pigment for traditional tattooing (t moko). en.wikipedia.org

Saffron and ochre, usually made with dye from the curcuma longa plant or the heartwood of the jackfruit tree, are the most common colours. en.wikipedia.org

The brown heartwood is resistant to borer and termite, is durable and has a pleasing spicy fragrance. en.wikipedia.org

The wood is bright grayish white; the heartwood is a pale pink-white, which darkens after cut. en.wikipedia.org

The common name refers to the blushing pink colour of the heartwood, resembling a "maiden's blush". en.wikipedia.org

The heartwood contains a sesquiterpene called cypressene, which acts as a natural preservative. en.wikipedia.org

Many very old trees become hollow as the dead heartwood decays. en.wikipedia.org

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