This cave could only be entered by climbing up the trunk of a white ironwood-tree and stepping on to a ledge from one of its branches.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
The ironwood-tree is so named from its intense solidity and durability.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Cinnamon and clove scent the breeze which whispers mysterious secrets to the swaying plumes of the tall sago-palms, and dies away in the delicate foliage of tamarind and ironwood tree.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings