INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 475 



BURSERACE^. 



Wood soft to moderately hard (Filicium very hard). Pores small or 

 moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. Pith-rays fine, distant. 



Balanites aegyptica Delile. 



Sene<jambia, through north tropical Africa to India and Burma. 



Yellowish-white to golden-brown, beautifully marked, hard, heavy 

 wood ; used for furniture and walking sticks. 

 E.-Pr. 3 4 :355; Watt Diet. 1:3G3. 



Boswellia serrata lloxb. Guggar. 

 British India. 



Wood moderately hard, light or moderately heavy, smooth; sapwood 

 white; heartwood brown (dark greenish-brown), sometimes very small, 

 so that the wood has been described as white: hut, when present, rather 

 handsome, often streaked in darker and lighter bands, Pores scanty, 

 moderate-sized, often subdivided and often containing resin. Pith-rays 

 moderately broad, very short, no1 \<tv nnmerous. Not very durable. 

 Used for structural work and fuel. 



Gamb. 137, lab. HI, fig. 1; Nord. VIII. 



Bursera serrata Colebr. (Protium scrratum Engl.) 

 British India and Burma. 



Wood hard, moderately heavy; sapwood light-brown; heartwood red, 

 close-grained. Pores small, uniformly distributed. Pith-rays fine, red, 

 numerous. Used for furniture. 



Gamb. 140. 



Canarium commune L. Plate XXV, fig. 38. "The Java almond;" pili 



(Phil.). 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, cultivated in British India and Ceylon. 



Wood soft and light to moderately heavy; grayish-white, soft, smooth; 

 pores moderate-sized, scanty. Pith-rays brown, moderate-sized, not 

 numerous. Light or temporary construction. 



Gamb. 141; K. & V. 4:30-33; Van Eed. (JO; Janssonins 2:108. 

 Many other species of Canarium are used for light or temporary construction 

 work, as the wood is soft and easily worked. 

 Lewis 307. 



Filicium decipiens Thw. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Wood very hard and very heavy; heartwood red. Pores small, in 

 groups or short radial lines. Pith-rays fine, numerous, at unequal 

 distances. A strong structural timber. 



Gamb. 142. 



