524 FOXWOBTHY. 



Lagerstroemia piriformis Koehne [L. batitiiuui Vid.). Batitinan. 

 Philippines. 



Wood hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood light; heartwood dark- 

 brown. Fine straight grain. Seasonal rings distinct. Ring porous. 

 Black glistening deposits in the vessels. Used for general construction; 

 posts, sleepers, flooring, joists, planks, rafters: shipbuilding, keelsons, 

 masts; piles; telegraph poles. 



Phil. Woods 377; Card. 05. 



Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Per*. [L. flos-reginc Ketz.). Plate XXVIII, 

 lig. SI. Jarul (Peng.) ; banaba (Phil.) ; bongoh, boengoer (M.). 

 Throughout the eastern tropics. 



Moderately heavy and hard. Sapwood light to pinkish; heartwood 

 dark-reddish-brown or light-red. Seasonal rings distinct. King-porous. 

 Straight-grained. Dark-colored, glistening deposits in the vessels. Used 

 for high-grade construction, boat building, interior partitions and fur- 

 nishings; planks, rafters, sills, wharves; [tiling; furniture ; carabao yokes; 

 barrels; railroad ties. Considered as almost the equal of teak. 



Phil. Woods 374; Bece. 579; Gamb. 373, tab. VIII, fig. h; Nord. X; Watt Diet. 

 4:582; K. ft V. 1:190-193; Van Eed. 140; Watt in Agric. Ledger (1907) No. 

 9, 1-7. 



Several oilier species also produce wood of very good quality. 



SONNERATIACE2E. 



Crypteronia paniculata PI. Knikas; tjelemgan; kajoe-ramo (If.). 

 British India, Malay Peninsula and Malay Archipelago. 



Wood light-reddish-brown, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized, 



scanty, usually subdivided radially. Pith-rays very numerous, tine, red, 

 inconspicuous. Used for cabinet work. Other species used in the same 

 manner. 



Gamb. 370; Van Eed. 145; Ridl. 180; K. ft V. 1:203-205. 



Duabanga grandiflora (Roxb.) Ham. (Duabanga sonncratioides Hani.; La- 

 gcrntr<n-ini(t gntndi/lora Roxb.). 

 British India and Burma. 



Wood gray, often streaked with yellow, soft, seasons well, neither 



warps nor splits. Pores large and moderate-sized, often oval and sub- 

 divided, in roughly oblique lines. Pith-rays fine, xevy numerous, wavy. 

 Used for canoes, tea-boxes, etc. 



Gamb. 370; Watt Diet. 3:190; Eidl. 179. 



Duabanga moluccana Bl. Loctob (Phil.); takir, kedjimas (Java). 

 Philippines, Celebes, Java, Ambnina, Bali. 



Wood soft. Light-colored, noi durable. Used for planks and small 

 boats. 



K. & V. 1:195-197; Van Eed. 145. 



Sonneratia acida J,, f. Pedada, p'dada (M.). 

 British India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Archipelago. 



W I gray, soft, even-grained. Pores small, oval and subdivided, verv 



