An East Indian tree or its wood; a variant or dialectal term for certain hardwoods.
Possibly from Hindi or Sanskrit origins, related to timber trade terminology in colonial India. The term appears in English colonial and mercantile texts regarding Indian timber.
Bucklum is one of those wonderful forgotten trade words from the age of colonial commerce—it shows up in 18th-century shipping records and merchant accounts, but nobody really talks about it anymore!
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