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Ougeinia dalbergioides Benth. i Ihilbcnjia ougcinensis Roxb.). 

 India. 



Sapwood small, gray; heartwood mottled, light-brown, sometimes 

 reddish-brown. Used for furniture, agricultural implements and con- 

 struction. Very prominent parallel transverse markings in Longitudinal 



sections. 



Qamb. -I'M; Nord. IX. VJ11 (Dalbergia ougtintnsi* Roxb.) ; Walt Diet. 5:657. 



Pahudia rhomboidea (Blanco) Train {Amelia rhomboidea Vid.) . Tindalo. 

 Philippines. 



Heavy and hard. Sapwood white; heartwood saffron or red, becoming 



very much darker with age. One of llie finest furniture woods; also 



used for structural work, railroad ties, etc. 



Gawl 82; Phil. Woods. 395. 



Pahudia javanica Miq. Ki-djoelang (Java). 

 Java and the Sunda Archipelago. 



Very much like the preceding. Sp. gr. 0.10 to 0.77. 



Van Bed. 106; E. Pr. 3 3 :141; K. & V. 2:28-30. 



Parkia roxburghii (i. Don, Plate XXIV, fig. 32. Cupang (PhiL) ; kurayOMj 

 gudayong; icadoeng (M.). 



India, Indo-China, and Malaya. 



Light and soft. Light color, disagreeable odor when first cut. Noi 

 durable. Light or temporary construction, matches, shoes, boxes. 

 Oamb. 289; Phil. Wooda 381; Gard. 69; Ridl. 142. 



Parkia speciosa Haaak. Petai. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 



.Much like the preceding and used for the same purposes. 

 Ridl. 142; Van Eed. 119. 



Peltophorum ferrugineum Benth. {Baryaylum inert** Pierre). Lhn-vangh 



( Cochin China) . 



Andaman Islands, Ceylon. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Cochin China, 

 Philippines. 



W'nod light-reddish-brown, soft, durable. Pores moderate-sized, often 

 subdivided, scanty; inclosed singly, or in groups of twos or threes, in 

 patches of wood parenchyma which often join together concentrically. 

 Pith-rays verv line, verv numerous, closely packed. Said to he very 

 good fur house building, furniture, cabinet work, and small boats. 



The heartwood also gives a dye used for dyeing cloth. 



Gamb. 2(58; K. & V. 2:3-0; Van Eed. 100; Ridl. 137; Pierre 390. 



Peltophorum dasyrachis Kura (liarpxi/lum dasyrachis Pierre). Lim-xet 

 (Cochin China). 



Indo China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. 



Much like the preceding and, like it, used for furniture etc., in 

 Cochin China. Recommended for wood pavement. 



Pierre 391; Jumelle 330-339. 



