A tropical hardwood tree native to Central America, valued for its dark red or purple dye-producing heartwood, also called logwood or bloodwood.
From the Campeche region in Mexico (from Mayan origins), where this valuable tree was abundant; the tree and dye both took their name from the geographic location.
Campeche wood fueled the global dye trade for centuries—European aristocrats paid fortunes for fabric colored with this Mexican tree, making it one of history's first global commodities that connected continents.
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