INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 547 



Diospyros pilosanthera Blanco. Bolongeta. 

 Philippines. 



This is a very good example of those ebonies which have a streaked 

 heart and reddish sapwood. It is of equal beauty with camagon. 

 Phil. Woods 378. 



Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb. The so-called "green ebony" of central and 

 southern India. 



Wood yellowish-gray, moderately hard. The greenish tinge seems not 

 to be pronounced. Used principally for firewood. 



Wiesner 2:1005; Gamb. 458; Nord. VII (D. tomcntosa Pair.). 



Maba buxifolia Pers. Plate XXIX. fig. 95. Ebano; ironwood. 

 British India, Ceylon, tropical Africa, Madagascar, Burma, Malay Peninsula, 

 Malay Arcbipelago to Australia. 



Sapwood white; heartwood even dead black. Small pieces of ebony 

 of good quality. Used for small ornaments, anchors lor boats, etc. 



Gamb. 452; Watt Diet. 5:102; K. A V. 1:2:1-25; Phil. Woods S83. 

 Wiesner 2:986-991 gives a discussion of ebonywood. Other discussions of 

 ebony are found in Stevenson 258-261, Holtzapll'el 83, and Boulger 1(19. 



SYMPLOCACE.K 



Wood white, close-grained, soft to hard. Pores small, numerous, 

 usually evenly distributed. Pith-rays fine and moderately broad, the 

 latter short. 



Symplocos crataegoides Ham. 

 British India and Burma. 



Turnery and carving. 



Gamb. 464, tab. X, fig. 1; Nord. VIII. 



Many other species are found, but they are ordinarily rather small or of scanty 

 occurrence. 



btykacacea:. 



Wood white to light-brown, moderately hard, close-grained. Pores 

 small, scanty, usually subdivided. Pith-rays short, fine, very numerous. 

 Faint, white, regular, concentric, transverse bands. 



Styrax benzoin Dryand. Menjan; kemajan; kamian; kajoe-limoeta. 

 Siam, Malacca, Sumatra, Java. 



Wood of but little value, though it is occasionally used in house build 

 ing and for bridges. 



Van Ee.l. 171; Pierre 260; Ridl. 215. 



Styrax serrulata Roxb. 

 British India and Burma. 

 ( Jamb. 467- 



