INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 419 



In India and Ceylon : 



Sal Shorca robusta. 



Teak Tectona grandis. 



Pynkadu Xylia dolabriformis. 



Usually the logs are peeled before being used as piles ; but occasionally, 

 as in taruntum (Lumnilzera lit lor ea) and malabera (Fagraea fastigiata) , 

 it seems advantageous to use the log with the bark on it. 



Of all known woods the billian or Borneo ironwood, is said to be the 

 best and most durable for piling. It is probable that some of the 

 less known woods are equally durable, but they are insufficiently known 

 or do not occur in sufficient quantity to make them of equal importance. 



SHIP AND BOAT BUILDING. 



Teak (Tectona grandis) is the standard by which shipbuilding woods 

 are measured. It stands alone in the first line of Lloyd's Eegister. 

 Other timbers of this region which are named in Lloyd's are as follows : 



Second line: 



Morung saul {Shorea robusta). 

 Third line: 



Angelly {Artocarpus hirsitta) . 



Thingan ( Hopea odorata ) . 



Molave (Vitex littoralis) . 



Dungon (Tarrictia sylvatica) . 



Yacal [Shorea spp.). 



Mangachapuy {Hopea acuminata) . 



Betis (lllipe betis) . 



Ipil (Intsia bijuga) . 



Gui j o ( Shorea guiso ) . 



Narra (Pterocarpus spp.) . 



Batitinan {Lagerstroemia piriformis) . 



Palo maria de la playa (Calophyllum inophyllum) . 

 Fourth line: 



Those of the first and second line when secondhand. 

 Fifth line: 



Red cedar (Toona spp.). 



Banaba {Lagerstroemia speciosa) . 



This by no means indicates that these are the only or even that they 

 are the best shipbuilding woods of the region. It merely means that 

 they have been sufficiently well known to be given a rating. The list 

 should certainly be revised to include a large number of the good woods 

 of the region. 



For the keels of boats, a number of the more durable woods are used: 

 aranga. banaba, bansalaguin, betis, dungon, guijo, liusin, molave. narra. 

 palo maria, yacal, Bassia spp., etc. 



For the planking, leaf or (Dryobalanops spp.), guijo (Shorea guiso), 

 thingan (Hopea odorata), molave (Vitex littoralis). 



For the knees, palo maria, Ceriops spp., etc. 



