478 FOX WORTHY. 



Azadirachta indica A. Jusa. Neem; "margOM tree;" "margoaier." 



India and Ceylon, Malaya; also in oast Africa. Often planted. 



The mahogany-like, very hard and resistant, strongly scented wood 

 is used by carriage makers, carpenters and joiners, and also in ship- 

 building. 



E.-Pr. 3<:288; Walt Diet 5:22] ; Van Bed. 71 j K. & V. 3:21-24. 



Chisocheton. Wood moderately hard or soft, light. Pith-rays distinct; 

 vessels of medium size or large, often divided; wood parenchyma in verv 

 regular concentric lines. 



Chisocheton philippinus Harms. Malatumbaga. 



Philippines. 



Not durable and not much used. 



Chisocheton divergens PI. Oaronton tanjrah (M.), 

 Malay Peninsula. 

 Kidl. 100. 



Chukrassia (Chickrassia) tabularis A. Juas. "Bastard cedar;" "Hast, In- 

 dian mahogany;" "white cedar;" "Indian redwood;" "Chittagong wood." 

 Pritish India to southern China; widely distributed. 



Hard and heavy, yellowish to reddish-brown, with a beautiful satiny 

 luster. Seasons and works well. Sapwood of a lighter color. Pores 

 scanty, moderate-sized, often oval and subdivided, isolated, uniformly 

 distributed. Pith-rays fine, uniform, mostly equidistant, slightly un- 

 dulating, distance between the rays generally equal to the transverse 

 diameter of the pores. Seasonal rings distinctly marked by a sharp 

 line. Fine silver grain with a satiny luster. Like Soymida, it is 

 ditlicult to plane owing to' the fibers running in different directions. 

 Used in making tine furniture. 



Qamb. 150; Ndrd. X; H.-Pr. 3 4 :27.'5; Watt Diet, 2:268; Sender 881; Uidl. 

 101; Pierre 357. 

 (See p. 430.) 



Cipadessa fruticosa PI. 

 India, Ceylon, Java. 



Wood red, hard, heavy, witb a faint odor resembling that of toon 

 wood. Pores prominent as red lines on a vertical section. Seasonal 

 rings marked by a white line. 



Gamb. 140. 



Dysoxylum. Wood reddish, rough, moderately hard. Pores prominent 

 on a vertical section, moderate-sized to large, often subdivided, or in short 

 strings. Pith-rays fine. Concentric lines in some species fairly prom- 

 inent. 



