INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. ; >27 



Anisophyllea zeylanica Benth. 



Ceylon. 



Moderately hard and heavy. Grayish-brown. Tea-boxes. 



Gamb. 336; Lewis 307. 



Bruguiera caryophylloides Blume. Kakandan (Tain.) ; Bosung (M.). 



Tidal forests of India and Burma, rare in Ceylon: Philippines, New Guinea. 



Wood reddish, hard and heavy, close-rained. Pores small, scanty, 

 often subdivided. Pith-rays fine, numerous, wavy, with a pretty silver 

 grain. 



Gamb. 334; K. & V. 4:298-300; Ridl. 172. 



Bruguiera eriopetala W. & A. 



Madagascar to Australia. 



Wood very hard and heavy; dark-reddish. Used for piling and for 

 fuel. 



K. & V. 4:295-297; Van Eed. 126. 



Bruguiera gymnorrhiza Lam. Plate XXVIII, fig. 84. Tumu (M.) ; poto- 

 tan (Phil.). 



East Africa to Australia. 



The most stately tree of the mangroves. Wood very hard and very 

 heavy, dark-reddish-brown. Construction and furniture in India ; piling ;. 



fuel. 



Ridl. 172; Watt Diet. 1:54; Gamb. 334; K. & V. 4:292-295; Van Eed. 127; 

 Bargagli-Petrucci 75. 



Bruguiera parviflora W. & A. Bnrrus; b'rus; b'cus (M.) 5 ienggadi (Phil.). 



India to Malaya and the Philippines; very abundant in the interior of man- 

 grove swamps. 



Hard and heavy. Growing usually to only a small size, but with 

 a beautifully clear straight trunk. Wood less desirable than that of 

 Rhizophora spp., or of B. gymnorrhiza, but still a good wood. Chief use, 

 piling. 



K. & V. 4:297; Van Eed. 127; Ridl. 172; Becc. 578. 



Carallia integerrima DC. Plate XXVIIL fig. 83. 



India and Ceylon to Malaya; fairly common in the Philippines, but usually 

 not of large size. 



Pretty, red-marked heartwood, used for construction, furniture, and 

 fine cabinet work. 



Watt Diet. 1:541; Gamb. 335, tab. VII, fig. 8; Niird. X; K. & V. 4:301-304. 



Ceriops roxburghiana Arn. Tengah ; tengah puti (M.) ; tangal (Phil.). 



Tropical tidal forests of the Old World. 



Wood very hard and very heavy, orange-red in color and giving a 

 fluorescent orange color to water in which it is placed. Very durable in 

 water. Pith-rays distinct. The two species of this genus are distinctly 

 the best of the mangroves, although they are of comparatively small 



