540 FOX W OUT 11 Y. 



Illipe malabrorum E£5nig. [Basaia longifolia L.) Mow :i treej mabua tree. 

 Ceylon, Malabar. 



Reddish, moderately bard. Structural work and shipbuilding. 



Wait Diet. 1 :4lii; E.-Pr. 4':l:u. 



Illipe betis (Blco.) Menr. Plate XXIX, fig. 93. Retis. 

 Philippines. 



Piling and beavy construction, very durable. 



Phil. Woods :S77; Card. 63. 



Isonandra perrottetiana Wight. 



Wood light-reddish-brown, bard, close-grained. Pores small to mod- 

 erate-sized, in narrow groups which are somewhat radially hut obliquely 

 arranged, and often fork. Pith-rays fine, regular. Transverse linos 

 clear and conspicuous, regular and wavy. Structural and finishing work. 



Gamb. 445. 



Mimusops. Wood red. very hard. Pores small, in short radial or 

 oblique lines. Pith-rays very fine, very numerous, uniform and equi- 

 distant. Numerous wavy, concentric linos. 



Mimusops elengi L. Poko Tanjong; tandjoeng; ki-tand joeng ; boengo-tand- 

 joeng (M.) ; bansalaguin (Phil.). 



British India and Ceylon and throughout the Malayan region. 



Widely cultivated in the tropics. Wood very hard and very heavv ; 



(dose- and even-grained; sapwood reddish-brown; heartwood dark-red. 



Strong, durable. Piling and heavy construction work, tool handles. 



Gamb. L49; Ridl. 213; Van Bed. 164; Wait Diet. 5:261; Phil. W Is ;<7.">; 



Card. (54. 



Mimusops kauki L. San, sane (M.) ; "ironwood." 

 Malay Peninsula. Java, Celebes. 



Much like the preceding and used for the same things. 

 K. & V. 1:166-168; Van Bed. l<>4; Ridl. 214. 



Mimusops I ittoral is Kurz. "Andaman bullet wood." 



Andaman and Nlcobar Islands. 



\'erv hard and very heavy; reddish-brown to pinkish-brown; durable. 

 Structural work. 



Gamb. 4">I ; Watt Diet. 5:263; E.-l'r. 4 t :I62. 



Palaquium. Plate XXIX, fig. 94. Reddish, moderately hard and 



heavy to very hard and beavy. Pores moderate-sized, in radial echeloned 

 strings. Pith-rays fine, numerous. Transverse concentric lines numer- 

 ous, wavy. Wood with or without saponin. 



Palaquium barnesii Merr. Nato. 

 Philippines. 



Soft or moderately hard ami moderately heavy. Light planking and 

 temporary construction work. 

 Phil. Woods 391. 



