35^ LEGUMINOS^ YIELDING WOOD FOR 



It is a hard timber, the sap-wood is white, and the heart-wood dark 

 brown. 



Cassia nodosa (Tree).— The wood of this tree is fairly hard. The 

 saip-wood is light-brown in colour, and the heart-wood red. It is 

 common in India. 



Cassia timorensis (Tree). — A small tree with a dark-brown, almost 

 black, wood, which is used in India for various purposes. 



Cassia marcanahyba (Tree).— Yields in Brazil the building wood 

 known as canella tnarcanahyba. 



Cassia Sieberiana (Tree).— Grows in all soils from the Soudan to 

 Senegal. The tree reaches a height of about 5 metres; it is somewhat 

 crooked, fairly hard to work, and is free from the attacks of grubs 

 and ants. The wood is good for cabinet-making, joinery, carpentry, 

 turning, coach-building, tool-handles, pestles, mortars, &c. The 

 weight of I cubic metre is 504 kilos (Constancia). 



Csesalpinia crista (Tree). — This wood, known as Brazil-ivoodj is 

 of small dimensions and is good for marquetry. 



Caesaipinia echinata (Tree).— A building wood, the fan Brcsil. 



Caasaipinia ferrea (Tree). — A Brazilian building wood known as 



juca or iian ferro comniun. 



Caesaipinia ferruginea (Tree).— A fine-grained wood of high density. 

 It is easy to work and may be used for cabinet-making. 



Csesalpinia Sappan (Climbing Shrub). — The wood of this shrub is 

 chiefly utilized for dyeing purposes, but is also used for making bolts. 

 The sap-wood is white and the heart-wood orang.e-yellow ; it takes a 

 fine polish. 



Ceratonia Siliqua (Tree). — The wood of the carob tree becomes very 

 hard with age. The fine dark-red veining makes it suitable for cabinet- 

 making and marquetry. 



Cercis Stiiquastrum (Tree). — This species is known as the Judas 

 tree. The wood may be used for cabinet-making; it is nicely veined 

 with brown and yellow, and the fineness of the grain allows of a good 

 polish. 



Copaifera bracteata (Tree). — A common tree with several popular 

 names, such as Violet-wood, Aviaranth^ Sinicridis, &c. It is of high 

 growth. The wood is compact, heavy, very fine in texture, and a 

 section cut transversely to the axis shows a very fine close stippling 

 arranged in wavy lines. 



The wood when newly cut is dark-grey in colour, rapidly turning 

 to a uniform violet when exposed to the air. When the wood is 

 polished the colour becomes reddish-brown. This wood is often con- 

 fused with Violet-wood, which is rarer and more costly, and which is 

 further distinguished by its distinct veining (Lanessan). 



