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Red Bean. 



(Dysoxylon Mtielleri, Benth.) 



It is not now one of the best known or most used timbers in the cabinet trade, although 

 possessing many qualities obtaining in this branch of commerce, and was much more appreciated 

 a. decade or two ago than it is to-day. The colour is very attractive, being of a warm red 

 character when freshly cut, but becomes lighter in seasoning, and takes a splendid polish. It 

 is easy to work, slightly open in the grain and often has a decorative figure, which places it well 

 in the front rank of red timbers for cabinet work, for which it is most suitable. It is heavier 

 and stronger than cedar, and could be utilised for almost any purpose for which cedar is used. 



Description of the Tree. Like its congener, D. Fraserianum (Rosewood), it is one 

 of the giants of the Coast brush lands, and probably measures 200 feet in height, with 

 a proportionate diameter, and a thin, dark yellow flaky bark. It is, however, larger in 

 all its parts than that tree. Leaves i to 2 feet long ; leaflets eleven to twenty-one, from 

 ovate to almost lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 3 to 6 inches long, very oblique at the base- 

 Flowers numerous, in much branched pyramidal panicles, 9 inches to i foot long. Sepals 

 and petals similar to D. Fraserianum. Tubular disk long and slender. 



Geographical Range. This tree occurs in the northern brushes of New South Wales 

 and the southern brushes of Queensland. 



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