Also kia-, kyabooca, -buca. [Malay kayu-buku knot-wood, i.e., kayu tree + buku knot, joint; in Du. spelling kajoe-boekoe.] A Malaysian tree (Pterospermum Indicum) furnishing an ornamental wood, known also as Amboyna wood (q.v.).
1831. Capt. Trelawny, Adv. Younger Son, II. 304. A variety of gums and resins, cocoa-nut oil, sandal and kiabouka wood.
1850. Weale, Dict. Terms, 246/2. Kiabooca wood … imported from Sincapore, is very ornamental, and is used for small boxes and writing-desks.
1861. H. Cleghorn, Forests S. India, 279. Kiabuca-wood, or Amboyna-wood.
1865. Sir G. Birdwood, Veg. Prod. Bombay, 346. Pterospermum indicum is the tree which yields Amboyna or Kyabuca wood.
