450 FOXWORTHY. 



Ximenia americana L. Bidara-laut (M.) ; kakira. 



Tropical America, Africa. Asia, the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines. 



A bard and rery heavy yellow wood, in appearance and odor similar 



to fche while sandalwood, and used for it, in the East Indies. 

 Gamb. 163 j Ridl. 103; Pierre 265. 



.MACJNOIJAOE.K. 



Wood usually soft and not very durable, even-grained, white, gray, 

 yellow or olive-brown. Seasonal rings distinct; pores small, fairly 

 regular; pith-rays line, numerous, regular. Not a group of much com- 

 mercial importance. The wood is usually employed for work of only a 

 temporary nature. The best known and generally used species is: 



Michelia champaca L. Plate XXIII, fig. 13. Champaca: tjempaca-kuning 



(M.). 



Britisli India and Burma and cultivated every where in the tropics. 



Sapwood white, heartwood bright-olive-brown. This soft hut durable 



wood is used for house and carriage building, as well as lor furniture, 

 cabinet work, carving, carriage panels, and tea-boxes. 



Gamb. 12; Nord. VIM; Watt Diet. 5:243; Lewis 30S ; Ridl. !> ; K. & V. 4:161; 

 Van lied. 4; Pierre 3; Janssonius 1:103. 



other Bpeciea are used, but this seems to be the best. 



ANONACEJ]. 



This is one of the most sharply marked families in the structure 

 of ils wood. The pith-rays are moderately large and prominent, and 

 they are connected by straight, parallel lines of wood parenchyma, which, 

 with the pith-rays, give a distinctly ladder-like appearance to the wood. 

 The color is often very light, though it is sometimes dark. The trees 

 of this family are not commonly very large and the wood is often not 

 \ery durable; moreover, the individuals are usually of scattered occur- 

 rence; consequently the wood is not ordinarily used in structural work 

 or where large quantities of timber are required. The following are 

 some of the better known Anonacecr. 



Canangium odoratum Baill. (Conanga odorata Hook. f. & Th.). Plate 

 XXIII, flg. 14. nang-ilang (Phil.); kadatnyan (Burm.); kananga (M.). 



British India and Malaya; cultivated in all tropical lands. 



A light hut tolerably hard wood; used for structural purposes ami 

 cabinet work. Sometimes used for house posts in the Philippines. 

 Resonant and much used by Malays for tom-toms. 



Gamb. 10; K. & V. 9:279-283; Van Eed. 7; Pierre 18; Ridl. 10; Janssonius 

 1:121. 



Cyathocalyx zeylanicus Champ. Kekala (Cing.). 



British India and Ceylon. 



Wood moderately hard, yellowish-white, used for tea-chests. 

 Lewis 308. 



