Baphia nitida
 Baphia nitida (camwood) also known as African sandalwood is a shrubby hard-wooded African tree. Its wood is commonly used to make a red dye. The earliest dye wood (Camwood) was from West Africa. The source of the dye which is soluble in alkali is the bark and heart of the tree.Camwood is a red dye-wood imported from tropical West Africa and obtained from Baphia nifida a leguminous tree of the suborder Caesalpinieae.