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Some more tree pictures, a mystery, and a request. Here are some woods used to build Cantonese ships: L: redbud (Cercis) RT: nanmu (Phoebe), RB: lychee (Litchi).
I am so unbelievably distracted by @shugeorg's exceptional range of sources. Check out this random selection from the c. 1620 Jinshi kunchong caomu zhuang 金石昆蟲草木狀(Pictures of Minerals, Animals, and Plants?): sweetgum, horseshoe crab, cinnabar, razor clam.