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Murada, kali maruthai, Arcot ; Rarkaya, sadora, /tolda, d/idi maddi, 

 Hyderabad; Ain, madat, yen, Mar. ; Saja, Balgas ; Maru, Gondi ; Madge , 

 Bhfl; Toukkyan^ Burm. ; C0itt?0*^j Taleingj KiimluJc, Cin-li. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark one inch thick, grey to black, with 

 long, broad, deep, longitudinal fissures, and short, shallow, transverse 

 cracks ; inner substance red when fresh. Sap wood reddish white, 

 heartwood dark brown, hard, beautifully variegated with streaks of 

 darker colour, shewing on a radial section as dark streaks which are 

 "vni'riilly wavy or undulating, durable, seasons well and takes a good 

 polish. Numerous concentric wavy lines unequally distributed. Pores 

 moderate-sized and large, uniformly distributed, each pore enclosed in 

 an irregularly shaped and generally elongated patch of soft tissue; 

 these patches are often arranged in concentric lines and frequently 

 joined by thin, white, wavy, concentric bands. Medullary rays not 

 distinct, very fine, numerous, uniform, equidistant, often wavy, the 

 transverse diameter of the pores many times larger than the distance 

 between the rays. In the sap wood the patches of soft tissue enclosing 

 the pores are more distinct, and the medullary rays more prominent. 



Sub-Himala} T an tract from the Ravi eastwards, ascending to 4,000 feet in places : 

 Bengal, Central and South India and Burma. 



The weight and ^transverse' strength have been determined by the following experi- 

 ments : 



* T. coriacea, Skinner, p. US. 



t T. glabra, Skinner, p. 150. 



Its durability is uncertain ; in Burma the heartwood decays rapidly, in North India 

 beams a iv sometimes found to last well, at other times to perish from dry rotor be 

 eaten by insects. The wood is largely usedfor house-building, farts, rice-pounders, ship 

 aiul boat building. It lias been tried for railway sleepers. Five sleepers laid down on the 

 Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1870 were reported in 1875 to be in capital preserva- 

 tion, but having been cut i'ruiii small trees the sapwuod bus boon oaten and the cxperi- 



