228 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Australia. Port. " Poma d'Adaeo." Hind. "Kirni." Malay. "Manil 

 kara." " Ironwood " in commerce. Red, fine-grained, very hard, 

 easily worked. 



Kizi (Pauldwnia imperidlis S. and Z. : Order Scrophularidcece). 

 Japan. A moderate-sized tree, yielding a soft, white, very light 

 wood, employed for the finest lacquer ware. 



Kola (Cdla acumindta R. Br. : Order Sterculidcece). West Africa ; 

 introduced into tropical America. Height 40 ft. Whitish, light, 

 porous, Poplar like wood, obnoxious to insects. Used in boat and 

 waggon-building and for tables. 



Kolavu ( Hardwickia pinndta Roxb. : Order Legumindsce ). 

 South-west India. Brown, moderately hard. Used in building. 



Kosum (SchUichera trijuga Willd. : Order Sapinddcece). India, 

 Burma, Ceylon. "Ceylon Oak." Seng. "Koon." Mahr. 

 "Kusoombh." Sinh."Kon." Tarn. " Kulu " or " Puvu." Height 

 50 ft.; diam. 1 4 ft. W T 70. Red, heavy, hard, strong, durable, 

 but not large. Used for axles, spokes, pestles, sugar crushers, 

 and screw rollers for mills. 



Kranji (Didlium indum L. : Order Legumindsce). Java, Borneo. 

 " Tamarind Plum." S.G. 9561067. e' 3-4. p' 1-83. c 10,920. 

 c' 1*442. Red, very heavy, hard, very tough and strong, close- 

 grained, resembling Spanish Mahogany, but without figure. Used 

 in Borneo for ship and house-building. 



Kurumi (Juglans mandshurica Maxim. : Order Juglanddcece). 

 Japan. Resembling the European Walnut in characters and uses. 



Laburnum. See Ebony, False. 



Lacewood. See Plane. 



Ladle-wood (Hartdgia capdnsis L. : Order CelasMnece). Cape 

 Colony. Resembling Mahogany, hard. Suitable for turnery or 

 cabinet work. 



Lancewood in Honduras, etc. (Guatttria virgdta Dun : Order 

 Anondcece). " Yaya." Yellow, light, elastic. Used for shafts, 

 bows and arrows, and imported in spars fetching about 7s. each. 

 In Guiana the allied " Yariyari " (Duguttia quitardnsis Benth.) is 

 exported under the same name. [See also Myrtle, Scrub and 

 Shad-bush.] 



