INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 41H> 



Several other species of Hibiscus which closely resemble this are used 

 in the same fashion. 



Kydia calycina Roxb. 

 Himalaya] western Ghats, Burma. 



The white, very tough and elastic wood without heartwood is used 

 for house building, rudders, and turnery. 

 Watt Diet. 4:509; Gamb. 89. 



Thespesia populnea (L.) Corr. Plato XXVI, fig. 66. "Tulip tree;" "faux 

 bois de rose;" "bois de rose de l'Oceanie;" "Portia tree;" "umbrella tree;" baru 

 laut (M.) ; banalo (Phil.). 



Tropical Africa, Asia, Malaya, and Polynesia, to Australia; introduced and 

 escaped in the West Indies. ■ 



Soft sapwood, light red; hard, dark-rod heartwood. Moderately heavy 

 and durable. Smells like roses when rubbed. Carriage building, furni- 

 ture, and cabinet work. (Sec p. 432.) 



K. & V. 2:118; Watt Diet, 6': 47; Ridl. 49; Gamb. 88; Pierre 173; Van Eed. 

 37; Stone 10. 



BOMBACACE.E. 



Bombax. Wood usually white, soft and light. Pores large, scanty. 



Pith-rays broad. 



Bombax malabaricum DC- "Cork wood;" "fromage de Hollande." 

 British India to North Australia. 



Durable under water: used for finals for fishing nets, boats, boxes and 

 tea-chests. (See p. 427.) 



Gamb. 90; Nurd. XI; Watt Diet. 1:491; Wiesner 2:1022; K. & V. 2:122-125; 

 Van Eed. 33; Lewis 308; Janssoniu^ 1 :398. 



Boschia griffithii Mast. Daun durian; dendurien (M.). 

 Malacca. 



Brown, darker-marked, very useful wood. 

 Ridl. 49. 



Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (Enodendron anfractuosum DC). "Silk 

 cotton tree." 



Mexico, Antilles, Africa, India, Malaya. 



Soft, white, weak wood. Used for chests, boats, etc. 



Ridl. 48; Gamb. 91; Wiesner 2:1022; Janssonius 1:399; Van Eed. 34. 



Coelostegia griffithii Benth. Pungai (M.). 

 Malacca. 



Wood orange when freshly cut, becoming darker and of a reddish 

 color. Hard, flexible, and durable. Used in house building. 

 Ridl. 49. 



Cumingia philippinensis Vid. 

 Philippines. 



Wood soft and light, white and coarse-grained. Used for planks and 

 temporary construction. 



