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FOXWORTHY. 



KEY TO DIPTEROCARP WOODS. 



a. Wood hard and moderately heavy to very heavy. 

 b. Yellowish-brown or whitish when first cut. 

 c Resin very scanty; pith-rays evidently of two kinds; pores small .... Resak 

 cc. Resin distinctly present in whitish concentric lines. 



d. Distinct parallel transverse lines on tangential section Chengal 



dd. Lines not present as above. 

 e. With glistening fracture. 



/. Straw-color or almost white when fresh Uangachapvy 



ff. Light- to dark-brown Tooal 



re. Without glistening fracture Peniow 



bit. With distinct reddish color. 



c Resin not abundant; very straight-grained Kapor 



oe. Reeio abundant, not so straight-grained. 



d. Pores medium size Quito 



dd. Pores large * •, 



fe ( - - Apt t ong 



(i'i. Wood moderately hard or soft; light to moderately heavy. 

 b. Distinctly reddish. 

 o. Vessels of medium si/,. <»r small; wood fine grained Tmnguile 



"'• v, ' sspls lftr S e - Bed lauan 



bb. Usually white or yellowish, reddish tinge faint, if present, 

 o. Yellowish-white. 



<!. Tores in definite patterns MwyoHnOTO 



dd. Pores scattered Palosapis 



CC. Grayish-white or with faint pinkish tinge. 



d. Faint pinkish tinge present Almon 



dd. Grayish-white or with sligW brownish tinge White lauan 



SPECIES xotks. 



The following notes are intended to Berve as a list of the better 

 known commercial species and to indicate the distribution and give the 

 more important literature on the wood of each. 



Anisoptera glabra Klin. Thinkadu (Burma). 

 British India. Burma, .Malay Peninsula. 

 Used in boal building. 



Ridl. fit); Gamb. 73. 



Anisoptera palembanica Miq. Basoeng (Sumatra). 

 Van Bed. 26. 



Anisoptera thurifera Blanco. Plate NXV111, fig. 74. Mayapis or Palosapis. 



Philippines. 



Phil. Woods 380. 



Balanocarpus maximus King. Chenghei; peuak (M.). 



Malay Peninsula. 

 Ridl. 02. 



Balanocarpus penangianus King. Damar hitam (M.). 



Malay Peninsula . 

 Ridl. 62. 



