INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 495 



Pometia pinnata Forst. Plate XXVI, fig. 50. Dawa; lengsar; malugay 

 (Phil.). 



New Guinea, Sunda and South Sea Islands, Philippines, Ceylon, Andamans. 



A moderately hard and moderately heavy wood, reddish. Used in 



structural work. 



Phil. Woods 388; Card. 6G; Van Eed. 80; K. & V. 9:196. 



Sapindus trifoliatus L. "Soap-nut tree;" ritha. 

 Southern Asia. 



A yellow, hard, structural wood. 



Watt Diet. 6-: 471. 



Schleichera trijuga W. "Lac tree;" "Ceylon oak;" kosum (Hind.). 



Tropical Asia. 



Hard, durable, readily polished wood, with white sapwood and red- 

 brown heartwood. Used for oil and sugar mills, rice-pounders (the besl 

 wood for the purpose in southern India), agricultural implements and 

 carts; firewood and charcoal. 



Gamb. 194, lab. IV, fig. 6; Nord. VII (Melicocca trijuga Juss.) ; Watt Diet. 

 6=:488; Van Eed. 81; K. & V. 9:177-180. 



Xerospermum muricatum Bl. Rambutan pachat. 



Malay Peninsula. 



Wood brown, light, durable and good; used for building. 



Ridl. 105. 



Xerospermum noronhianum Bl. Ramboetan-oetan. 



Sumatra and Java. 



Wood much like the preceding. 



Van Eed. 82; K. & V. 9:182-184. 



STAPHYLEACE^E. 



Turpinia pomifera DC. Geritta. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, British India, Ceylon, and China. 



Light and soft, not a durable wood. Used for household utensils. 



Van Eed. 81 ; Ridl. 106. 



SABIACEyE. 



Meliosma dilleniaefolia Bl. 



Himalaya. 



While, moderately hard, even-grained. Seasonal rings marked by a 

 continuous line of pores and darker color. Pores small, single or sub- 

 divided or in rounded groups, except along the seasonal rings. Pith-rays 

 wavy, moderately broad or fine, distinctly marked in silver grain, which 

 has a satiny luster. 



Gamb. 205, tab. V, fig. 3; Nord. VIII. 



Several other species occur with wood as described, but they are usually 

 scattered and of small size. 



