MAHOGA^■^■ AXD SOMK OF ITS SUBSTITUTES 3 



Ripple-marks absent or rarely of local occurrence. Woods 

 variable from light, soft and spongy to fairly heavy and 

 Hrm; texture fine to very coarse. Color varial)le, brick- 

 red, brownish-red, light brown with pinkish hue, etc. 

 Spanish Cedar, Cigar-box Cedar, Cedro: Cedrela odo- 

 rata, C. fissilis, et al. (Meliacese) ; Toon, Red Cedar: C. 

 toona; Calantas : Toona spp. (Meliacese) ; Margosa, 

 Neem : Melia irtdica; Bead-tree, Persian Lilac, Aus- 

 tr.\lian White Cedar: M. composita. 

 b* Wood strictly diffuse-porous. Lines of wood paren- 

 chyma very fine and inconspicuous. Pores small, uni- 

 form, open; mostly subdivided; occasionally in diagonal 

 arrangement ; gum deposits present ; white substance not 

 observed; vessel lines not very prominent. Gum ducts 

 not known to occur. Rays very fine, scarcely distinct on 

 cross section, readily visible on radial and tangential. 

 Ripple-marks of local occurrence. Wood rather hard ; 

 fine-textured. Color reddish-brown with golden luster. 

 Chitt.\gong Wood, "East Indi.\n Mahog.\ny," Indian 

 Redwood, Cedar, Bast.\rd Ced.\r : Chickrassia (Cliuk- 

 rasia) Jabularis { Meliaceae). 

 b^ Growth rings absent. Wood parenchyma in numerous, fine 

 but distinct, closely and uniformly spaced concentric lines, 

 producing distinct but not conspicuous striping on longitudi- 

 nal surface. Pores medium to small ; open ; often subdivided ; 

 gum deposits present ; white substance not observed. Vessel 

 lines dark-red and prominent. Gum ducts not known to oc- 

 cur. Rays extremely fine, inconspicuous on all sections ; not 

 always visible on cross and tangential. Ripple-marks absent. 

 Wood moderately hard. Color rose-red or bright reddish- 

 brown. Australian Rosewood, ".Australian I\L\hoganv" : 

 Dysoxylon fraseranuni (Meliacese). 

 b' Woods without aromatic scent. Always diffuse-porous. 



a' W^ood parenchyma in tangential or concentric lines. Growth 

 rings present ; limited by parenchyma and sometimes marked 

 by differences in density, 

 fl' Pores usually indistinct without lens; not surrounded by 

 parenchyma; solitary or subdivided; open; gum deposits 

 and white substance absent. Wood parenchyma in fine 

 concentric lines at limits of growth rings which are 

 usually distinct on longitudinal surface. Rays distinct on 

 radial surface, indistinct on tangential ; sometimes not 

 visible on cross section without lens. Ripple-marks ab- 

 sent. Wood of very fine and uniform texture; usually 

 straight-grained. Hard and heavy but readily worked. 

 Odorless. Color brown tinged with red ; sometimes de- 

 cidedly reddish. Birch: Betida lenta, B. lutca (Betu- 

 laceje"). 



