188 TIMBER 



for July last. Logs 40 ft. long by 2 ft. a side can be 

 obtained. Known as Mai talden in Siam. 

 Weight about 50 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Pyinma (Lyt hracce flos rcglnce) is the chief timber tree of 

 Assam, Eastern Bengal, and Chittagong, and one of the 

 most important of the trees of Burma. The above is the 

 Burmese name ; it is called Jarul in Bengal. It gives a 

 good useful timber, but much of it grows twisted and knotty, 

 and there is a good deal of waste in conversion. It is used 

 for shipbuilding, boats, carts, gun carriages and gun stocks, 

 also for building work and roof shingles ; the wood varies 

 in colour, some being redder than other. It is equal to 

 teak for resisting the teredo. The medullary rays are very 

 fine ; annular rings marked by belt of large pores. Called 

 Mai tabak in Siam. 



Weight 40 to 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



G-angau (Mesua ferrea) is a small tree about 20 ft. high 

 which grows amongst the teak in Burma ; this is the 

 Burmese and Andaman name, but it is known under 

 various other names in different districts, as, for instance, 

 Nahor in Assam, and Assam ironwood. It grows plentifully 

 in the Andamans, where it is used for general building 

 work, bridges, gunstocks, tool handles, etc. ; it is very 

 hard, heavy and strong, and difficult to work, and these are 

 probably the reasons why it is not more used. The wood 

 is dark red, and the pores are filled with yellow resin. 

 Sleepers of this wood are said to be as good as those of 

 pyinkado. 



Weight up to 74 and 76 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Thitya (Shorea obtusa) is found in the forests of Burma 

 up to a height of 2,000 ft., a large tree, sometimes 50 ft. to 

 the first branch ; the wood is the colour of sal, but more 



