INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 471 



Hardwickia binata Roxb. Anjan. 

 Southern India. 



Wry hard and very heavy. One of the hardest and most durable of 

 Indian woods. House and bridge building and cabinet work. 

 Gamb. 276; Nord. XI; Watt Diet. 4:13. 



Kingiodendron alternifolium (Elm.) Merr. & Rolfe (Hardwickia alterni- 

 folia Elm.). Plate XXIV, tig. 29. Batete. 

 Philippines. 



Moderately heavy and hard. Reddish-brown, much stained by the oil 

 contained in the wood. Easily worked, but not very durable. Used for 

 furniture and house building. 



Phil. Woods 275. 



Kingiodendron pinnatum (Roxb.) Harms. (Hardwickia jrinnata Roxb.) 

 Kolavu. 



British India. 



Moderately hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood large; heartwood 

 dark-red or reddish-brown, exuding a red sticky resin. Building. 

 Gamb. 277. 



Sindora cochinchinensis Baill. Plate XXIII, fig. 24. Cay-go; go-mat; 

 go ta-hi. 



Cochin China. 



Uncommonly hard, black or dark-brown, and valuable wood. Used 

 wherever strength and durability are desired. One of the most valuable 

 woods of Cochin China; very fine furniture, house posts, bridges, boats, 

 carriage building. Most valuable for cabinet work because of its very 

 fine color and the ease with which it polishes. 



E.-Pr. Nachtr. 195; Pierre 385. 



Sindora intermedia Baker. Petir; sapctir. 

 Borneo. 



Wood hard and moderately heavy; light reddish-brown. House build- 

 ing ; said to be very durable. 



Sindora sumatrana Miq. Sindoer; saparantu; sapetir. 

 Borneo, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula. 



Moderately hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood rather large; heart- 

 wood reddish or yellowish-brown, with occasional lines marked by oil. 

 Said to be quite durable. Used in house construction. Oil collected by 

 use of fire. 



Van Eed. 108; K. & V. 2:45-47. 



Sindora supa Merr. Supa. 

 Philippines. 



Dark brownish-yellow, heavy and hard. Wood used for furniture and 

 construction. Oil collected as in the preceding. 

 Gard. 60; Phil. Woods 393. 



