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Chittagong Wood, a name somewhat vaguely given by 

 cabinet-makers to various kinds of timber which come 

 from the district of that name, on the east of the Bay of 

 Bengal, is usually the wood of the Cliickrassia tabularis, 

 a tree of the cedar family which is a native of this district. 

 The timber is hard and varies in colour from yellowish 

 brown to reddish brown with a beautiful satiny lustre and 

 is much valued in India and Europe for cabinet work. It 

 is tough, may be obtained up to 15 inches diameter, seasons 

 and works up well, and the sap wood is of lighter colour. It 

 is a fair-sized tree, attaining a height of about 70 ft. 

 Besides being common in the Chittagong hills it is found 

 in Assam and Eastern Bengal, and after jarul is probably 

 the chief tree in the forests of Burma and the Andamans, 

 A fine furniture wood, it is also used for pianos and carving. 

 In some parts of India it is called cedar or " bastard " 

 cedar. Annual rings distinct. 



Cedrela toona is another of the woods which come under 

 the name of Chittagong wood. 



Weight of C. tabularis about 49 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Kumbuk (Tenninalia ylabra) is a Ceylon timber with 

 reddish white sapwood about an inch thick, and browner 

 heartwood sometimes of the colour of walnut and some- 

 times almost black. It is apt to split in seasoning and not 

 easy to work, but is hard and close of grain. The boring 

 worms get right into the heartwood. It has been used for 

 sleepers in Ceylon. Medullary rays are fine and numerous. 



Weight 48 to 54 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Red Eyne (Soymida febrifugn) is a Guzerat forest tree, but 

 is not plentiful. The timber is red in colour, hard and 

 heavy, and considered by natives one of the most durable 

 of woods, therefore much used in the construction of 



