186 TIMBER 



Andamans. The wood varies a good deal in strength and 

 weight, but is very useful, and of late a good deal has been 

 sent to the London market. The "burrs" are specially 

 valuable and bring fancy prices. It is the "East Indian 

 walnut " of the European market. Logs cut in the 

 Andamans give about 50 ft. length by about 3 ft. a side ; 

 the wood seasons, works, and polishes well, and is fairly 

 durable. Used for sugar-cane crushers, furniture, well 

 curbs, and wheel work, and in South India for boats ; in 

 the Andamans it is employed for building generally, and 

 especially for house posts. 



Weight 40 to 60 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Chnglan. (Myristica irya) , called Maloh in Burma, Chuglan 

 being the Andaman and Iriya the Cingalese name. It is a 

 moderate-sized evergreen, producing a dark olive green, 

 hard, handsome wood, which seasons well and takes a good 

 polish. In the Andamans it is chiefly used for furniture. 



Weight about 52 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Kaita-da (Artocarpus chaplasha), an Andaman wood which 

 is also found in Assam and Bengal, called Sam in the 

 former and Chaplash in the latter district. The colour 

 varies from yellow to brown ; it is moderately hard, even 

 grained, durable, and seasons well. Good for furniture ; it 

 looks when polished like coarse satinwood ; it is also used 

 for doors, door frames, and general building. This wood 

 neither cracks nor warps in seasoning, and is not much 

 attacked by white ant. 



Weight about 30 to 35 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Lakuch (^4. lakooclta) is a white, soft, and perishable 

 timber of yellow colour, turning to dark brown on exposure. 

 Much used for building in the Andamans, it is in some places 

 highly prized, but is more important as a fruit than timber 



