Maclura Tinctoria

The fustic tree. Large quantities of the

bright yellow wood of this tree are exported from South America

for the use of dyers, who obtain from it shades of yellow, brown,

olive, and green. A concentrated decoction of the wood deposits,

on cooling, a yellow crystalline matter called Morine. This tree

is sometimes called old fustic, in order to distinguish it from

another commercial dye called young fustic, which is obtained in

Europe from a species of Rhus.