TIMBER TREES 171 



Habitat —Western Ghats and low hills of Southern India. 



Description. — A large deciduous tree, wood brick red and 

 soft but even-grained, fragrant and easily worked, seasons 

 readily, does not split or warp when seasoned. Durable and 

 not attacked by white ants. Weight 30 to 35 lb. 



Chief uses. —House building (^ chiefly planking and panels), 

 excellent for furniture and boxes, well-construction, dug-outs, 

 and canoes, oars, yokes, carving. 



4. Chloroxylon swietenia, DC. 



The Sati?i wood. 



Vernacular. — Karum-porasu, Tarn. ; Huragalu, Kan. ; 

 Billudu, Tel.; Bheru, Oriya. 



Habitat. — Dry forests and low hills of Southern India, 

 not in areas of heavy rainfall. 



Description. A moderate sized deciduous tree. Wood 

 light-yellow, hard, close-grained, with a satiny lustre. Very 

 durable. Weight 60 lb. 



Chief uses.- Much exported to Europe for furniture and 

 cabinet work. Bridge work, wharf -piles, ploughs, agricul- 

 tural implements, oil-mills, pestles, carving and turning, carts 

 (all parts), boats, tool handles, gunstocks, high class panelling. 



5. Mangifera indica, Linn. 



The Mango. 



Vernacular.— Ma-maram, Tam. ; Mava, Mai. ; Mava, 

 Kan. ; Mamidi, Tel. ; Ambo, Oriya. 



Habitat.— Indigenous along the Western Ghats, but exten- 

 sively cultivated everywhere. 



Description A large evergreen tree. Wood grey, in old 

 trees sometimes dark-brown, soft. Weight 42 lb. 



Chief uses. — ^ lanking, door and window frames, packing 

 cases, tea Boxes, cheap furniture, dug outs, well-construction, 

 ploughs, yokes, felloes, cooper's work. 



6. DALBERGIA LAT1FOLIA, ROXB. 



The Black-wood or Rose-wood. 



Vernacular.— Iti, Tam. ; Iti, Mai. ; Biti, Kan. ; Jittegi, 

 Tel. ; Siasua, Oriya. 



Habitat.— Throughout the Madras Presidency up to 4,000 

 feet. 



