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Canthium. Wood hard, close-grained. Pores very small, numerous. 

 Pith-rays fine and very fine, numerous, regular. 



Canthium didymum Roxb. Butulang. 

 British India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



White or light-brown. Seasonal rings marked by a dark line with few 

 or no pores. A fine wood used for agricultural purposes. In Ceylon, 

 its resemblance to boxwood has caused it to be called "Ceylon boxwood." 



Gamb. 419; Ridl. 211. 



Gardenia. Wood creamy-white, smooth, close-grained, hard, but cuts 

 easily. Pores small to extremely small, evenly distributed, often scanty. 

 Pith-rays short, very fine to fine, numerous. Like the species of Randia, 

 those of Gardenia have the characters of boxwood, and deserve attention 

 as possible substitutes for the cheaper rougher work of engraving, tool- 

 handles, etc. 



Gardenia barnesii Merr. Plate XXX, fig. 105. 

 Philippines. 



Wood very hard and very heavy, white, much resembling boxwood, 

 for which it could possibly be substituted. An excellent wood for small 

 ornaments. 



Gardenia coronaria Ham. 

 British India and Burma. 



Combs and turnery, liable to crack. . 

 (iamb. 416; Nord. IV (G. costata) . 



Gardenia gummifera L. f. 



British India. 



(Jamb. 415; Watt Diet. 3:481. 



Gardenia tubifera Wall. Delima hutan (M.). 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Wood white, grain fine, medium hard and heavy, splits in drying. 

 Used for house building and is fairly durable. 

 Ridl. 210; Van Bed. 115; K. & V. 8:90. 



Guettarda speciosa L. Seacoast teak; Ketapang ketek (M.). 

 Seacoasts throughout the Indo-Malnyan region. 



Wood yellow, with a tinge of red. Pores small, often in radial lines. 

 Pith-rays moderately broad and very fine. 

 Gamb. 418; K. & V. 8:129-131. 



Hymenodictyon excelsum Wall. 

 British India, Burma, Philippines. 



Wood white, when cut up fresh; if cut up dry, brownish-gray j soft. 

 Seasonal rings indistinctly marked. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, single 

 or subdivided. Pith-rays few, moderately broad, alternating with others, 

 fine, bent around the pores. Wood cells large. Tea-boxes, scabbards, 

 grain-measures, palanquins, toys. 



Garni). 406; Nord. IX; Watt Diet. 6 4 :349; K. & V. 8:50-52. 



