146 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Ameixera. See Sanders, Yellow. 



Amla ka (Phylldntfius Emblica Gaertn : Order Euphorbidcece). 

 India, China, and Japan. Eed, hard, elastic, durable, especially 

 under water ; but seldom straight. Its fruit is known as Emblic 

 Myrobalans. 



Allan (Fagrcta frdgrans Eoxb. : Order LoganidcecB). Burma 

 and Indian Archipelago. Eed-brown, hard, close-grained, beauti- 

 fully mottled, very durable, teredo -proof. Used for bridges and 

 boat-building. W 52-5, S.G. 840. 



Andiroba. See Crabwood. 



Angelim vermelho (AndirafraxinifdUa Benth. 1 : Order Legu- 

 minosce). Brazil. Of crooked growth, reddish-brown, moderately 

 heavy. Used for ship-timbers. 



Angelin (Andira intrmis Kunth : Order Legumindsce). West 

 Indies. " Cabbage " or " Bastard Cabbage Tree." Cuba " Yaba." 

 Height 20 30 ft. S.G. 688. W 56-8-60-4. E 563 639. E 300 Ibs. 

 / 2-01 5-44. /c 1-98 2-99. fs -32 -45. Brown, veined, hard, 

 very durable underground or under water. Used for mill-rollers 

 and in house and ship-building. Some " Partridge-wood " may be 

 the timber of this species. 



Angelique (Dicorynia paraensis Benth. : Order Legumindsce). 

 Brazil and Guiana. Height 20 54 ft., yielding timber 12 22 in. 

 square. S.G. 746 916. E 215 kilos. Eeddish -brown, moderately 

 hard, tough, strong, elastic, straight and even-grained, easily 

 worked, durable in sea-water, insect-proof, sometimes with an 

 ornamental waviness of grain, with but little sapwood ; but 

 with slight shakes and an unpleasant odour, and said to rust 

 nails. Used in French dockyards, as a substitute for Teak, for 

 backing armour plates, etc., far more durable than Oak. 



Angelly (Artocdrpus hirsuta Lam. : Order Artocarpdcew). 

 India, chiefly in the south-west, Ceylon, Burma. Known also as 

 "Jungle Jack" and " Aini." Height 5060 ft. ; diam. 2J 3 ft. 

 S.G. 590. W 36 51. Very tough, bears exposure to water well, 

 and, if kept oiled, is very durable. Used for planks in house- 

 building, canoes, fishing-boats, etc. Classed in the third line in 

 Lloyd's Eegister. 



