INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 465 



Dalbergia I at ifol ia Roxb. "Indian rosewood;" "blackwood" in southern 

 India. 



British India, Java, Andaman Islands. 



Wood very hard and very heavy. Sapwood yellow, small; heartwood 

 dark-purple, with black longitudinal streaks. Wood with distinct rose- 

 like odor. The best wood of India for furniture and cabinet work. 

 Exported to the London market. Seems to be the material used in 

 the manufacture of blackwood furniture in Hongkong and Canton. 



Gamb. 250-252, tab. VI, fig. 1; Nord. VII; Van Eed. 94; Stone C3, pi. V. 

 fig. 37; Watt Diet. 3:9; E.-Pr. 3*:336; K. & V. 2:77-82; Holtzapffel 83. 



Dalbergia oliveri Gamble. Tamalan. 

 Burma. 



Hard and very hard, close-grained. Sapwood white; heartwood dark- 

 red-brown, in color like good patlouk. A very handsome wood very like 

 some of the Soutli American rosewoods. It is used for ax handles. 



Gamb. 256. 



Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Sissu. 

 British India. 



Very hard and heavy. Sapwood small, white; heartwood brown, with 

 darker longitudinal veins. Shipbuilding and furniture. 



Gamb. 247-249; Nord. IV; Watt Diet. 3:15; E.-Pr. 3*1 336; Holtzapffel 106. 



Dialium indum L. Kranji. 



Java. 



Very hard and heavy wood, durable. Heartwood usually of a reddish 

 color. Used for heavy structural work and in places where great strength 

 and hardness are required. A number of other species of Dialium occur 

 in British India, the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago. They 

 usually occur as scattered individuals. 



Newt. 5; Ridl. 138; E.-Pr. 3 ! :155; (Jamb. 275; Van Eed. 105; Bargagli- 

 Petrueci 30-32, tab. VI. 



Koompassia beccariana Taub. Kumpas; mingris. 

 Borneo. 



Very hard and heavy; pale-reddish, not durable. 

 Bargagli-Petrueci 28-30; Becc. 577. 



Koompassia excelsa (Becc.) Taub. ( Abauria excelsa Becc. ) . Tapang; kayu 

 rajah; mangaria. 

 Borneo. 



Very heavy and very hard. Sapwood yellowish-white; heartwood dark- 

 red, becoming almost black with age. The buttresses of this tree are 

 used for table tops. Wood used for carving paddles and for making 

 the pans used in the hand washing of gold. Strong but very brittle. 



Becc. 576; Bargagli-Petrueci 24, pi. VI. 



