INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 473 



ERYTHROXYLACE^. 



Erythroxylum cuneatum (Wall.) Kurz. (B. burmanicum Griff.) Medang; 

 lagundi ; chintah; mulah. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Philippines. 



Wood heavy and compact, dark-red or brown with distinct but irregular 

 rings; rays very fine and numerous; pores copious and small. A good 

 ordinary building timber. 



Ridl. 95. 



RUTACE^. 



Vessels and pith-rays fine; very even-grained woods. 



/Egle marmelos (L.) Correa. "Bel fruit tree;" "Bengal quince." 



British India and Burma; widely cultivated. 



Yellowish-white hard and heavy wood, which has a sharply aromatic 

 odor when fresh ; not durable. Seasonal rings marked by distinct lines, 

 and often by a continuous belt of pores. Construction, pestles of oil 

 and sugar mills, naves and other parts of carts, and agricultural im- 

 plements. 



Watt Diet. 1:123; Gamb. 131, tab. 11, fig. 5; Nurd. IX; Van Eed. 54; 

 Janssonius 2:69. 



Atalantia monophylla (L.) Correa. 

 British India to Tenasserim, Ceylon. 



Yellow, very hard and heavy wood, with numerous annular zones 

 marked by bright lines. A boxwood substitute. The wood much 

 resembles that of Murraya exotica. Used for engraving, cabinet work, 

 and turning. 



E.-Pr. 3 4 :192; Watt Diet. 1:349; Gamb. 129. 



Atalantia missionis (Wight) Oliv. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



The moderately hard, yellowish-white wood with distinct seasonal 

 rings is used for furniture and cabinet work. 

 E.-Pr. 3 4 :192; Watt Diet, 1:349; Gamb. 129. 



Chloroxylon swietenia DC. Plate XXIV, fig. 34. East Indian satinwood. 



British India and Ceylon. 



Hard and very heavy; pale yellow with a satiny sheen when smoothed; 

 very durable. Furniture and picture frames. Used locally for railroad 

 ties and general construction work. With distinct parallel transverse 

 lines on tangential section. (See p. 433.) 



Wiesner 2:953; Gamb. 160-162; Nord. X; Stone 29-31; Van Eed. 67; Brown 

 in Trop. Agric. 19 (1899) 118. 



Very similar to the West Indian satinwood (Fagara fiava (Vahl) Krug & 

 Urb.), which belongs to the same family. 

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