Spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye.

synonyms: bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree.

Polish: hematoksylon kampechiański, kampesz, modrzejec kampechiański, drzewo kampeszowe, kampeszyn