INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 481 



Swietenia mahagoni L. Mahogani; acajou. 



West Indies and Central America; also planted and doing well in India. 



Hard and heavy; bright or dark cinnamon-brown to reddish-brown, 

 cither uniform in color or well marked. Parallel transverse lines very 

 prominent in longitudinal section. Principal uses, furniture and cabinet 

 work. (See p. 430.) 



Wiesner 2:959; Gamb. 153-155; Stevenson 225-239; Stone 32. 



Swietenia macrophylla King. 



Introduced from the West Indies. Grows well in cultivation in this part of 

 the world. 



Wood moderately hard and moderately heavy. 



Gamb. 155. 



Toona. Wood pale reddish, light and soft, ring porous and with distinct 



cedary odor. 



Toona serrata (Royle) Roemer [Gedrela serrata Royle). "Toon tree;" "In- 

 dian mahogany;" "Moulmein cedar;" "cedre rouge;" "cedre de Singapore." 



India. 



Light, shining, soft but durable; termite proof. A very valuable 

 wood, used for furniture, framing, wood carving, tea-chesta, cigar boxes. 



Watt Diet. 2:232; Lewis 307; Gamb. 160, tab. Ill, fig. 6 (Cedrela serrata 

 Royle); N8rd. IX (Cedrela serrata Royle); Van Eed. 66; K. & V. 3:204- 

 207; Stone 37; HoltzapfTel 108. 



Toona ciliata Roem. {Cedrela toona Roxb.). Toon; "Moulmein cedar;" 

 "Indian mahogany." 



British India and Burma. 



Wood durable, termite proof, and used for all kinds of furniture. 

 Gamb. 157-159, tab. Ill, fig. 5; Niird. IV; Stone 37; Watt Diet. 2:233. 



Toona febrifuga (Bl.) Harms ( Cedrela febrifuga BL). Soeren. 

 Burma. Cochin China, Java, etc. 



Structure and uses much the same as in the preceding. 



Van Eed. f>5 ; K. & V. 3:197-204; Pierre 358. 



Toona calantas Merr. A Rolfe. Plate XXV, fig. 41. Calantaa. 



Philippines. 



Phil. Woods 379; Card. 01-02. 



A^ery much like Toona febrifuga (Bl.) Roem. 



Several other closely related species of the genus are found in the 

 range and their use and structure is much the same as that indicated 

 for the species named. The genus is very closclv allied to the American 

 Cedrela. 



