(wood) [from the island of that name, one of the Moluccas.] The wood of the Asiatic tree Pterospermum indicum (N.O. Sterculiaceæ). Treas. Bot., 1866.
1879. Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 168/2. Amboyna-wood … also called Vryabuca or Vryabooca-wood … is beautifully mottled and curled, of various tints from light red to dark yellow.
1882. Daily Tel., 23 Nov. (Advt.). Walnut wood chiffonnière, beautifully inlaid with amboyna and marqueterie.
