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FOXWORTHY 



Helicia. This genua has quite a number of species in this region, but 

 they are nol commonly found with large aumbers of individuals. 



Helicia excelsa Bl. jMombatu laiang. 

 Mala; Peninsula. 



A moderately hard ami heavy wood. 



EUdl. 248. 



Helicia petiolaris Benn. Gong; putat tepi. 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Very heavy and hard, used in house building. 



Hi. II. 248. 



Helicia philippinensis Meisen. Plate XXII, fig. !). 



Philippines. 



CTsually well up in the mountains and does nol occur in quantity. 

 Helicia robusta Wall. 



British India and Malaya. 



A hard and heavy wood which is used Tor house building. 

 I lamb. 575. 



Helicia tp.1 Plate XXII, fig. in. K'runtum; Semaior daun ban (M.). 



Sarawak. 



I am not at all sure of the determination of this wood, hut its 

 structure seems closest to Helicia. This is an important wood in northern 

 Sarawak. It is hard and heavy, reddish, coarse-grained and durable. 

 II is used in house building. 



SANTALACEJE. 



Exocarpus latifolius R. Br. 

 Australia and the Malay Archipelago. 



Heartwood said to provide a substitute for sandalwood. (See p. 432.) 



Santalum album L White or yellow sandalwood; chandan. sandal (Hind.) ; 

 •antagu (Burm.); Bandana (Philippines and Borneo). 



British India and Malaya. 



Wood yellow, reddish in spots, with alternate lighter and darker 

 (reddish) zones and inconspicuous vessels and pith-rays. The wood lias 

 a Btrong, penetrating, aromatic odor when first vu \ and this is stronger 

 the darker the wood. Uniformly dense, moderately hard and heavy. 

 Used from the mosl ancient times as incense for idols and the manufac- 

 ture of oil, as well as for the manufacture of small ornaments. (Sec 

 p. 1:52 for discussion of sandalwoods.) 



Gamh. 585-588; Wiesner 2: 90S; N8rd. XI; Stone 101. 



Santalum freyoinetianum Gaudich. and other species of the Hawaiian Islands 

 also furnish some of the white and yellow sandalw ] of commerce. 



