ouhout, noun

/ˈəʊhəʊt/
Forms:
oudehout, oudenhoutShow more Also oudehout, oudenhout, oud-hout.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier South African Dutch oudenhout), ou, oud old + hout wood; see quotation 1983.
Any of several shrubs or small trees: a. Either of two species of Halleria of the Scrophulariaceae, H. lucida or H. elliptica. See also notsung. b. Cordia caffra of the Boraginaceae. c. The dwadwa, Leucosidea sericea.
Note:
In F. von Breitenbach’s Nat. List of Indigenous Trees (1987), the name ‘septee tree’ is used for C. Caffra; see also notes at dwadwa, notsung.
1862 L. Pappe Silva Capensis 30Halleria Elliptica..(Oudehout)...Used chiefly for plough-beams, axe handles, &c.
1911 Agric. Jrnl of Union June 717 (Pettman)Two good bee plants here (Lady Frere) are the tree oudenhout and the wild coffee, both flowering in the spring.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 354Oudehout,..This name is applied to several different trees, among them being Cordia caffra and Leucosidea sericea. The name has reference apparently to the fact that the wood of these trees is seldom straight.
1977 E. Palmer Field Guide to Trees of Sn Afr. 115Leucosidea, One species only. Oudehout. Leucosidea sericea.
1980 E. Prov. Herald 3 Sept. 13A few [trees]..are pretty common and could easily become known: Ilala Palm, Ouhout, [etc].
1980 S. Afr. Digest 17 Oct. 15Ouhout.., also known as Oubos, isiDwadwa (Leucosidea sericea)...The resemblance of the trunk and branches to either a wrinkled old man or to weathered wood probably accounts for its common name.
1983 K.C. Palgrave Trees of Sn Afr. 208Leucosidea sericea,..Ouhout...The common name ouhout may refer to the old gnarled twisted trunks, or to the fact that the wood burns slowly as if it were old and rotting.
Either of two species of Halleria of the Scrophulariaceae, H. lucida or H. elliptica.
Cordia caffra of the Boraginaceae.
The dwadwa, Leucosidea sericea.
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