1X1)0 .MALAYAN WOODS. 



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OLACACE.E. 



Wood usually hard to very hard and heavy; pith-rays very line and 

 regular; pores small and scattered; wood parenchyma in very fine broken 

 and irregular lines, connecting the pith-rays. 



Anacolosa luzoniensis Merr. Malahignav. 

 Philippines. 



A pale reddish-brown wood. Hard and heavy. Used for house posts, 

 etc. Several other species occur and are used in British India, the Malay 

 Peninsula, and Java. 



Ctenolophon parvifolius Oliv. Bungkal (M.). 

 Malacca, Borneo, Sumatra. 



Wood rather soft, brownish- white, with very fine rays and few Large 

 pores, which are filled with resin. 

 Ridl. 103. 



Ochanostachys amentacea Mast. Totaling (M.). 



Malacca and Borneo. 



Dark, yellowish-brown wood. Durable. Pores in short radial lines. 

 Structure very much like that of Strombosia and wood used for the same 

 things. Said to be proof against white ants. 



Ridl. 102. 



Ochanostachys bancana (Becc.) Valcton, of Banca, Liennga, and Sumatra, is 

 also known as petaling and is used for tlie same things. 

 E.-Pr. Nachtr. 147. 



Scorodocarpus borneensis Becc. Plate XXII, fig. 11. Kulim (M.). 

 Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. 



Wood very dark-brown; very hard and heavy, and very durable in the 

 water. Seems to resist the teredo remarkably well and is therefore much 

 in demand for piling. Also used for bridges and house construction. 

 The wood, when fresh, has a very strong odor of onions. If the wood 

 is not used promptly after being cut, a kind of dry rot starts in at the 

 end of the log. The behavior here is much like that of Husin (Parina- 

 rium griff it hianum) under similar conditions. 



Becc. 574; Ridl. 102; Bargagli-Petrucci 14, tab. IV. 



Strombosia philippinensis (Baill.) Rolfe. Plate XXII. fig. 12. Tamayuan. 

 Philippines. 



Very hard, moderately heavy to heavy. Dull-yellowish to pinkish ; 

 fine- and straight-grained. Posts, house building, joists, roofing, axe 

 handles. 



Phil. Woods 393. 



Other species of Strombosia are Found in Ceylon, British India, and Java. They 

 much resemble the preceding and are used for the same purposes. 



