432 FOX WORTHY. 



The East Indian rosewood is the product of Dalbergia lati folia Roxb. 

 and Dalbergia sissoo ltoxb. (See p. 4G5.) Another of the Indian 

 rosewoods is the padauk. Burmese rosewood or nana, which is the 

 product of Pterocarpus indicus Willd. and other species of Pterocarpus. 

 The rosewood of the Seychelles is Thespesia populnea Corr. (See 

 ]). 499.) In some portions of India a certaii] species of MiUettia is said 

 to famish small amounts of rosewood. Cordia myxa \... a small tree 

 of tropical Asia and Australia, is said to furnish small amounts of rose- 

 wood. The Borneo rosewood or renghas is a beautiful red- and purple- 

 streaked wood, which makes beautiful furniture. It is the product of 

 various species of Melanorrhoea and Swintonia. (See p. 48!).) 



The woods known as kingwood or violet iron,! arc special kinds of 

 rosewood, probably from species of Dalbergia and best known under these 

 names, from Madagascar and South America. 



Wiesner 2: 1017, 1014; Stevenson 264; Holtzapffel 103; Boulger 268; Stone 

 62-64. 



SANDALWOOD. 



The white or yellow sandalwood is produced by Santalum album of 

 India and Malaya. Other related species and genera in Australia furnish 

 very good substitutes for it. The sandalwood of the Fiji Islands is 

 produced by Santalum freycmeUanum Gaud, and other species. 



Exocarpus latifolia R. Br. which is said to produce a sandalwood in 

 Australia extends as far north as the Philippines; but it is usually of 

 \^ry small size here and I have not known it to produce sandalwood. 



The name < handana or sandana seems to be very generally used to 

 indicate various kinds of sandalwood; but it is probable that the name 

 is also applied to other woods which are more or less odorous. In the 

 Philippines, the term mnda,na is known and is said to indicate an 

 odorous wood; but. thus far. I have been unable to definitely find sandal- 

 wood produced in the Islands. In British North Borneo the term is 

 also found, but sandalwood is surely very rare, it' it occurs there at all. 

 The red sandalwood or red sanders of India is the product of Pier- 

 ocarpus santalinus L., and Adenanthera pavonina L. 



Dysoxylum loureiri Pierre (Epicharis loureiri Pierre) and Lepidaglaia 

 baUlioni Pierre (Epicharis baillioni Pierre) are two species of melia- 

 ceous wood growing in Cochin China and forming large trees, the timber 

 of which i- used for ornament, while the oil derived from it is used 

 for medicinal purposes. When rubbed or burnt it emits an odor of 

 sandalwood, on which account it is employed as incense in the temples. 

 Trop. Agric 1 (1882) sot); Pierre, For. Fl. Coch. China. 368; Jumelle 338, 



In India, sandalwood is largely used in the manufacture of boxes. 

 fans, and other ornamental articles of inlaid work, and to a limited 

 extent in medicine as a domestic remedy for all kinds of pains and 

 aches. The oil is largely used as a perfume, few native attars or essen- 

 tial oils being five from admixture with it. In the form of powder or 



