INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 459 



OUGE1NIA-ALB1ZZIA TYPE. 



Acacia catechu Willd. Khair (Hind.) ; mgenda or mgunga; the cutch tree. 



Tropical Africa and Asia. 



Usually considered as one of the woods of the Hardwickia type (see 

 p. 469.) 



Very hard and heavy, durable. Sapwood yellowi sh- white ; heartwood 

 either dark- or light-red. Principal use, the preparation of cutch, which 

 is extracted from the heartwood by boiling. Eailway sleepers, rice- 

 mortars, and agricultural implements. 



Watt Diet. 1:27-44; Gamb. 290-298; Nord. IX; Van Eed. 112. 



Probably some other species of Acacia belong to this group, but they are not 

 of sufficient importance to be worthy of mention here. 



Acrocarpus fraxinifolius W. & A. Dclimas (Java). 

 British India, Sumatra. 



Moderately hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood white; heartwood 

 red. Used for tea-boxes and furniture. 



Gamb. 290; Nord. IX; K. k V. 1:320-323; Van Eed. 113. 



Adenanthera pavonina L. "Red wood' - ; "Condori wood"; "coral wood"; 

 mas-moca ( Cingh. ) . 



Tropical Asia; introduced into tropical Africa and America. 



Wood hard and heavy, close-grained, durable; sapwood gray; heart- 

 wood red. Used in house building and for cabinet work. A dye is 

 also made from the wood. A substitute for the '"'red sanders." 



Gamb. 287; Watt Diet. 1:107; Wiesner 2:920; Ridl. 142; K. & V. 1:281-283; 

 Holtzapffel 82; Wintoo 242; Van Eed. 114. 



Adenanthera bicolor Moon, of Ceylon and Malacca, and A. intermedia Merr., 

 of the Philippines, show the same characteristics as the preceding. 



Albizzia amara Boiv. 



Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 



Produces a pretty, heavy, and exceedingly hard wood. Heartwood 

 purple-brown, light- and dark-banded. Said to have a transverse strength 

 in excess of either teak or sal. Used for house building and for agri- 

 cultural implements. 



Watt Diet. 1:153. 



Albizzia julibrissin Dura/./.. 



Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 



Seasonal rings distinctly marked by a sharp line. Prettily marked 

 dark-brown to black heartwood ; used for furniture. 



E.-Pr. 3 3 :106; Watt Diet, 1:156. 



Albizzia lebbeck Benth. Siris (Hind.); ki-toke (Java); "Easl Indian wal- 

 nut" of the London market. 



Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa to Australia. 



Wood hard; sapwood white or yellowish; heartwood dark-brown. 

 streaked with lighter or darker streaks. House and boat building, 

 agricultural implements, furniture, and the finest cabinet work. 



Gamb. 303; Watt Diet. 1:157; Nord. V (Acacia speciosa Willd.), IX (Albizzia 

 lebbeck Benth.) ; Van Eed. 114; K. & V. 1:297-299; Stone 74, pi. V, fig. 1,0. 



