Fustic is the wood of the tree Maclura tinctoria, a tree of the mulberry order growing in the West Indies. It is a large and handsome tree, and the timber, though, like most other dye-woods, brittle, or at least easily splintered, is hard and strong. It is extensively used as an ingredient in the dyeing of yellow, and is largely imported for that purpose.
Young Fustic is the wood of the Rhus cottinus or Venice sumach, a South European shrub with smooth leaves and a remarkable feathery inflorescence. It yields a fine orange colour, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Research Fustic
The bow-wood or Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca) is a North American spiny tree often used as a hedging plant. It bears yellowish-green flowers, followed by light yellow fruits about the size of oranges. Research Bow-wood
Abbreviations
Research Fustic
