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Copalfera guianensis (Tree). — A Brazilian building wood, which is 

 commonly known as copahiba. 



Copaifera pubiflora (Tree). — This variety is also said to give a kind 

 of amaranth-wood. This wood, similar to that of C. bracteatUj is 

 solid, durable and elastic to a degree, and is consequently used for all 

 sorts of building purposes, cabinet-making, and the manufacture of 

 platforms for gun pieces. 



Copaifera officinalis (Tree). — .A. rare native of New Zealand. The 

 wood is used for marquetry. 



Crudia zeylanica (Tree). — A tree 20 metres high by 40 to 60 cm. in 

 diameter. The wood is white and the heart-wood brown. Unless used 

 when very dry it is not ver}' durable. It is useful for planks and 

 timbers. 



Cynometra polyandra (Tree). — \ large evergreen tree with pale- 

 red wood of close grain. Used for buildings. 



Cynometra ramlflora (Tree). — A tree 10 to 12 metres high, the wood 

 of which is red, hard, and close grained. It is used in house-building 

 and for making carts and wagon-shafts. It is a good firewood. 



Detarium guineense (Tree). — A wood from Tropical .\frica, called 

 D attack, used for building and cabinet-making. 



Detarium microcarpum (Tree). — Very common in Senegal and the 

 Soudan. This tree grows to some 7 metres high, and does best in dry 

 soils. The trunk is straight, with a hard, fine-grained wood ; it is easy 

 to work, and is used in cabinet-making, joinery, carpentry, ship- 

 building, and for making piles. "Weight of i cubic metre is 688 kilos 

 (Constancia). 



Detarium senegalense (Tree). — This tree, which is very common in 

 Senegambia, yields a wood suitable for joinery, veneering, carpentry, 

 and even for ship-building. 



. Dialium coromandelinum (Tree). — .\ large tree with a hard grey 

 wood, which is used in India. 



Dialium indum (Tree). — This is one of the best timber trees in 

 Cochin China; it is rare in the plain and fairly common in the 

 mountains. The tree is thornless, and from 15 to 20 metres high by 

 60 to 80 cm. in diameter. The wood is red or brown and of showy 

 appearance, finely and closely grained, heavy, and very durable. 



Dialium nitidum (Tree). — Lanessan describes this species as 

 follows : " The trunk is twisted and warped. The wood is hard, does 

 not decay in salt water, and is therefore suitable for ship-building. 

 It is equally suitable for fine cabinet work and turned work. The tree 

 is thornless, and from 5 to 6 metres in height by 50 cm. in diameter." 



Dialium ovoideum (Tree). — A large tree with a very hard close- 

 grained wood, dark reddish-purple in colour. In India it is regarded 

 as a first-class wood for joinery. 



