INDO-MALATAN WOODS. 463 



Pithecolobium acle (Blanco) Vid. Acle. 



Philippines. 



Moderately heavy and hard. Sapwood whitish; heartwood dark- 

 brown, like English walnut. Decidedly peppery odor when worked. 

 Very fine furniture wood. 



Gard. 63; Phil. Woods 369. 



Other species of Pithccolobiuin, BO far as seen, may be grouped here: P. duloe 

 Benth; P. acutum Bcnth.; P. lobatum Benth., Becc. 576; P. montanum Benth., 

 K-Pr. 3 3 :105; P. prainwuuni Men.; P. sru1ifvni.ni (Blanco) Benth., and P. 

 subacutum Benth. 



Tamarindus indica L. Tamarind. 



Africa, India, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya; widely cultivated in the tropics. 



Hard and very heavy. Sapwood yellowish-white, sometimes with red 

 streaks; heartwood dark-purplish-brown. Ripple marks on longitudinal 

 section. Very durable, insect proof. Turnery and charcoal. 



Gamb. 278; Nord. V; Watt Diet. 6*:409; E.-Pr. 3 3 :140. 



Wallaceodendron celebicum Koord. Banuyo (Phil.); kayu-besi-prenipuan 



(M.). 



Celebes and the Philippines. 



Moderately heavy and" moderately hard. Similar to acle in appearance 

 and sometimes substituted for it. 



Phil. Woods 376; Gard. 65; Koorders Meded. 'a Lands Plant. 19 (1898) 446-448. 



Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. (X. dolabriformU Benth.). Pyingadu; "iron- 

 wood;" cam-xe" (Cochin China). 



India and Burma to Cochin China. 



A tier teak the most important wood of Burma. Very hard and 

 very heavy, cross-grained. Heartwood dark-brown or reddish-brown. In 

 fresh condition, the vessels secreting an adhesive substance. Not attacked 

 by termites. A splendid material for ship and house construction, railway 

 sleepers, paving blocks, tent-pegs, telegraph poles, agricultural imple- 

 ments, carts, tool handles, piling, bridge building, etc. 



Watt Diet. 6*:320, Agricultural Ledger (1899) no. 11, 1-21; Sender 691; 

 Gamb. 285-287, tab. VI, fig. 5; Nord. IX. IV {Inga xylocarpa) ; Boulger 123. 



Sometimes said to be the same as acle. It is much heavier than that wood 

 and is suited for different purposes. 



ACACIA-CASSIA TYPE. 



Cassia fistula L. Cana fistula (Phil.) ; "Indian laburnum;" sundali (Beng.). 



India, China and Malaya; widespread and widely cultivated. 



Wood very hard and very heavy. Sapwood large; heartwood varying 

 in color from gray or yellowish-red to brick-red; darkens much on 

 exposure. Durable but brittle, difficult to work, apt to splinter The 

 wood is distinguished from that of the otherwise similar Ougeinia dal- 

 bergioides by the arrangement of the parenchyma in unbroken, girdle- 

 forming zones, while that of the last named forms distinctly divided 



