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attempts have been made to find a suitable substitute for this wood, but, 

 thus far, unsuccessfully. (See article on boxwood substitutes, p. 426.) 



Buxus sempervirens L. Boxwood. 

 India and western Asia to the Mediterranean region. 



Stone 102: Wiener 2:902; Gamb. 592-594; N<ird. II, also Mech. Eigensch. 

 Hblzer 514. 



ANAOARDIAOE^O. 



The woods of this family are very variable as to color, weight, and 

 hardness. Pistacia, some species of Rhus, Gluta, Melanorrhoea, Odina, 

 and Drimycarpus have hard woods, red or yellow; those of Semecarpus, 

 Mangifera, Spondias, Holigarna, and Buchanania are more or less soft, 

 and light-gray or brown. In some, the pith-rays are numerous, in other? 

 scanty, but the chief general character is that of large pores which are 

 scanty and prominent on vertical section, and pith-rays soft, dark and 

 inconspicuous. Concentric lines occur in some species. 



Anacardium occidentale L. "Cashew nnt;" "acajoubaum ;" "acajou a 

 fruits;" "acajou a pommes;" "acajou de Guadeloupe." 

 South America; cultivated in all tropical regions. 



hod, moderately hard wood. Boats and tea-chests. 

 Watt Diet. 1:223; Ridl. 108; Gamb. 214. 



Bouea burmanica Griff. Rauminiya. 

 Burma and Malaya. 



Light-colored sapwood, dark-reddish heartwood, sometimes dark-brown ; 

 rings distinct, pores small, few, scattered; concentric lines numerous, 

 wavy, distinct. Durable and very heavy; posts and beams. 



Ridl. 107; Gamb. 214; Pierre 3G6. 



Bouea macrophylla Griff. Kadongan. 

 Malaya. 



"Wood yellowish-white, becoming brown toward its center. Moder- 

 ately hard ; does not split in drying. Kris scabbards. 

 Ridl. 107. 



Buchanania florida var. arborescens Engl. Balinhasay (Phil.). 

 Philippines and the Malay Archipelago. 



Moderately bard and moderately heavy, pale-reddish; rather fine but 

 not straight-grained. Light or temporary construction; not durable. 

 Often substituted for the wood of Koordersiodendron, to which it is 

 much inferior. 



Phil. Woods 374; Pierre 371. 



Buchanania latifolia Roxb. 

 India, Burma, Malacca. 



Brownish-gray, moderately hard, not durable. Used for boxes, tables. 

 etc. 



Watt Diet. 1 :545; Gamb. 21G. 



Other species of Buchanania are used, but none of them furnish very high 

 grade wood. 



