INDO-MALAYAX WOODS. 485 



Bridelia retusa (L.) Spreng. 



British India, Burma, and Ceylon. 



Wood moderately hard to hard, gray to olive-brown, close-grained, 

 seasons well. Seasonal rings marked by pale lines. Used for cattle- 

 yokes, agricultural implements, carts and building; stands well under 

 water. 



Gamb. 595; Watt Diet. 1:536. 



Other species are used, whenever they are of sufficient size. 



Ridl. 248. 



Chaetocarpus castanicarpus (Roxb.) Thw. 

 East Indies, Malay region. 



A bright red, moderately hard, structural wood. 



Gamb. 623; Watt Diet. 2:262. 



Claoxylon sp. 

 East Indies. 



Furnishes the "hois cassant." 



Wiesner 2:98. 



Cleistanthus collinus Benth. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Wood dark reddish-brown, tough, hard, close-grained, heavtwood 

 small. Produces very durable house posts. 



Gamb. 597, tab. XI f, fig. -',; N6rd. IX (Lcbcdicropsis orbicularis). 



Cyclostemon griffithii Hook. f. 



British India and Burma. 



Wood light brown, hard. A durable timber for local use. 



Gamb. 606. 



Excoecaria agallocha L. Buta-buta (M.). 

 Tidal forests, Ceylon to the Philippines and Australia. 



Soft and white wood, which is used for some kinds of furniture and 

 toys. (See p. 431.) 



Gamb. 626; Watt Diet. 3:306; Ridl. 253; Becc. 583. 



Givotia rottleriformis Griff. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Wood white, exceedingly light, very soft but even-grained. Used 

 for catamarans and cabinet work. 

 Gamb. 615; Watt Diet. 3:503. 



Glochidion acuminatum Muell. Arg. 



British India. 



Wood red or reddish-gray, hard. Splits badly. 



Gamb. 602; Nord. X {Phyllanthus bicolor) . 



Other species of Glochidion are used when large enough and are fairly durable 



Ridl. 249; Van Eed. 223. 



