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FOXWORTHY. 



groups. In Java said to last longer in the ground than leak and to 

 be untouched by insects. Posts, carts, agricultural implements, rice- 

 pounders, bows and boat-spars and bed-plates for machinery. 



Gamb. 271, tab. VI. fig. 3; Nurd. VIII; Van Eed. 103; Ridl. 136; Watt Diet 

 2:219; K. & V. 2:11-13. 



Cassia javanica L. Trcnggoeli. 

 Mahiya. 



Moderately hard and heavy. Sapwood light; heartwood grayish or 

 reddish. Used in house construction. 



Van Eed. 104; E.-Pr. 3 3 :159; K. ft V. 2:8-11. 



Cassia nodosa Hani. Plate XXIV, fig. 27. Turukop bumi. 

 India and Malaya. 



Moderately hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood light-brown; heart- 

 wood red. Not a very useful wood, 

 (iamb. 273; Ridl. 130. 



Cassia siamea Lam. (C. florida Vahl). Sibusuk (M.) ; wa (Cing.). 

 Ceylon, India and Malaya. 



Hard and heavy, durable. Sapwood whitish, rather large; heartwood 

 dark-brown to nearly black, in stripes of dark and light. Wood for 

 building, helves, walking sticks, mallets, fuel. 



Gamb. 274; Van Bed. 105; Ridl. 13G; Watt Diet. 2:223. 



Cassia timorensis DC. Anemeno. 

 India, Malaya, Australia. 



Very hard and heavy. Dark-brown, nearly black— much resembling 

 the wood of G. sin nun. Used for house building and furniture. 

 Gamb. 274; Van Eed. 105; Watt Diet. 2:224; K. ft V. 2:13-15. 



Prosopis spicigera L. Jhand. 

 Britisb India. 



Wood very hard and very heavy. Sapwood large, whitish, perish- 

 able; heartwood purplish-brown. Firewood. Structural work, furni- 

 ture. Not durable. 



Gamb. 288, tab. VI, fig. 6; Ndrd. VIII; Watt Diet. 4:341. 



DALBERGIA TYPE. 



Kipple marks on tangential surface. 



Dalbergia cultrata Grab. Yindaik. 

 Burma. 



Very hard and very heavy. Sapwood pale-brown; heartwood black 

 with dark-purple streaks. 

 Watt Diet. 3:0. 



