370 LEGUMINOS.E VIKLDIXG WOOD FOR BUILDING, ETC. 



Pithecolobium gummiferum (Tree).— A Brazilian building wood 

 known as Red Angico; it is also used for cabinet-making. 



Prosopis glandulosa (Tree).— This wood is almost equal to 

 mahogany in toughness and beauty, and is therefore excellent for 

 cabinet-making. 



Prosopis spiojgera (Tree).— .\ tree of average size, yielding a very 

 hard wood with broad whitish sap-wood and purple-brown heart-wood. 

 An excellent fuel. Used in India. 



Stryphnodendron Barbatimam (Tree).— This species is known in 

 Brazil as harhatinuui ^ and the wood is used for building, cabinet- 

 making, &c. 



Xylia dolabriformis (Tree).— A very lofty tree, which may be from 

 25 to 30 metres in height by 80 cm. to i metre in diameter. The wood 

 is red, reddish-brown, or dark-brown in colour, finely and closely 

 grained, very tough, heavy, fibrous, and very durable. The sap-wood 

 is very small and is not used. This is one of the best species of 

 timber known, and it is excellent for cabinet-making, joinery, and 

 building construction. 



The natives of Cochin China use it for planks, posts for bridges, 

 props for houses (Lanessan). Gamble says that it has the drawback 

 of being heavy and difficult to cut. 



