1ND0-MALAYAN WOODS. 535 



Eugenia jambos L. 



Van Eed. 135; Gamb. 357; Nurd. V [Myrtus jambosa) ; K. & V. 6:53-55. 



Eugenia operculata Roxb. 



Van Eed. 137; Gamb. 360; N5rd. IX; K. & V. 6:148-152. 



Eugenia wallichii Wight. 



Gamb. 357; Nord. IX. 



Sudjung. — There is found in the Island of Mindanao a very hard wood 

 of this name which is probably produced by some species of Eugenia. 

 The wood is dark-brown in color, contains a considerable amount of oil 

 and is very durable. It is often used for corner posts of houses. 



Leptospermum flavescens 8m. {Leptospermum amboinense Reinw.) 

 Sunda and Molucca Islands, Australia, Malay Peninsula. 



Very hard wood used for tool handles. 



Van Eed. 138; E.-Pr. 3 T :94. 



Melaleuca leucadendron L. "Cajeput tree." 



British India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, and Australia. 



Peddish-brown, hard. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, producing wavy 



lines on a vertical section. Pith-rays fine, extremely numerous. Piling. 



Van Eed. 138; Gamb. 351; Ridl. 174; K. & V. 6:180-183; Stone 132-134. 



Metrosideros (Nania). Very hard and very heavy wood. Pores and 

 pith-rays very small, hard to distinguish with a lens. Dark-purplish- 

 brown. 



Metrosideros vera Lindl. (Xania vera Miq.) Eijserhout; kajoe besi; nani 

 (M.). 



Java, Amboina, Ternate, the Moluccas. 



Very hard and very heavy: dark-reddish-brown; durable; very dif- 

 ficult to work. Eesists the teredo. House and bridge building. 



Van Eed. 139; K. & V. 6:108-171. 



Other species of the genus in Australia and New Zealand are also noted for 

 fine grain, hardness and durability. 



Psidium guajava L. 



Cultivated throughout the tropics. 



Wood grayish-brown, moderately hard, even-grained. Pons small, nu- 

 merous, in short radial groups. Pith-rays line, short, numerous, in- 

 distinct. Engraving, spear handles, charcoal, firewood. 



Van Eed. 139; Gamb. :)r>r, ■ Ridl. 175; Nord. V (Psidium pjirifenim) ; K. & V. 

 6:35. 



Rhodamnia trinervia Bluiue. {Rhodamnia cinerca Jack.) Mempayan (M.). 

 British India, through Malaya, to Australia. 



Wood brown, moderately hard, with faint irregular but more or less 

 concentric very narrow lines of loose texture. Pores small to moderate- 

 sized, irregularly distributed, occasionally in somewhat concentric lines. 



