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wood, much used for planking, furniture, and box-making, 

 and is occasionally imported into England in the shape of 

 planks 2 to 4 inches thick. The annual rings are distinct. 

 Weight 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Bintangor (Calopliyllum inopliyllnm), a beautiful evergreen 

 of small size, which usually grows near the sea, and does not 

 thrive inland, yielding a close-grained smooth wood of red 

 colour, variable in character, but a good deal used for 

 sleepers, is much in demand for the sternposts of ships, as 

 well as for piles and scaffolding, and is an excellent cabinet- 

 makers' wood. There are some thirty species ; this is con- 

 sidered the best. In Bengal it goes by the name of Pinnay, 

 and in Ceylon Penaga. In the Andamans it may be had 

 in logs up to 25 fr. and 18 inches square. Probably one of 

 the trees from which the poon spars were obtained. 



Weight 42 to 59 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Rengas Manau (Melanorrhoea maingayo), often called 

 Straits mahogany, is a fairly hard, dark red wood, coarse in 

 quality ; the caustic resin it contains often causes Eengas 

 poisoning amongst those working at the timber. Rengas is 

 the Malay name applied to various trees of this species. 

 There is little or none of this timber exported from the 

 Malay States, but there is a good local demand in Singapore 

 and other places. It is also found in Borneo, where it is 

 called Borneo rosewood. It has very distinct dark rings. 



Djati is the Malay name for teak. Sourabaya is the port 

 of shipment, and it is sometimes called by this name. It is 

 a kind of teak which grows in Java, and is the only wood 

 used there for sleepers, for which purpose it is very durable 

 and gives great satisfaction, as white ants never attack it 

 when used for this purpose owing to the shaking of the 

 trains, but it is liable to attack when the sleepers are 



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