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and sub-tropical Asia. Introduced in the West Indies. Hind. 

 "Am." Telug. "Mamidi." S.G. 597. Dull grey, porous, becom- 

 ing a light chocolate colour, harder, closer-grained, and more 

 durable in the centre of very large old trees, holding a nail faster 

 than any other wood, and standing exposure to salt water, but 

 not to fresh. It could readily be creosoted. Used for solid cart- 

 wheels, canoes, rough furniture, planking in the interior of houses, 

 for packing-cases, as blind wood and as ground for veneers, being 

 the cheapest light wood obtainable in Madras. 



MangOSteen, False or Wild (Sanddricum indicum Cav. : Order 

 Melidcece). Southern India, Burma, Philippines, and Moluccas. 

 " Indian sandalwood." Burnt. " Theit-to." A large tree yielding 

 a timber with white or grey sapwood ; heart reddish, dense, hard, 

 susceptible of a high polish. Used in cart and boat-building. 



Mangrove (Ehizdphora mucrondta Lam. : Order Ehizophordcece). 

 Maritime tropical swamps from Zanzibar to the Fiji Islands. 

 East Africa " Mkonko." Fiji "Dogo." Telug. "Ponna." Malay 

 " Mangi-mangi," " Api-api." Height 1525 ft. W 70'5. Light- 

 coloured, red or brown-red at the centre with darker zones 

 often nearly black, very heavy, hard, close-grained, tough and 

 durable. 



Maple, originally Acer camptstrt L. (Order Acerinece). England, 

 Central Europe, Northern Asia. " Common " or " Field Maple." 

 French "Erable champetre." Germ. "Gemeiner, Feld"or "Kleiner 

 Ahorn." Welsh "Masaran." Height 1020 or 40 ft.; diam. 

 9 12 in. W 61-5 when green, 52 when dry. Light-brown or 

 reddish-white, hard, fine-grained, compact, tough, with a beautiful 

 satin-like lustre, sometimes containing dark pith-flecks, and not 

 uncommonly curled or speckled (" Bird's-eye Maple ") ; annual 

 rings slightly wavy ; pith-rays fine but distinct ; vessels minute. 

 (Fig. 55.) Curled or mottled specimens were prized in former 

 days for " mazer-bowls," which were mounted in silver. These 

 when cut into veneers, as by the rotary saw, are equal to 

 American Bird's-eye Maple. In France the wood is sought after 

 by turners and cabinet-makers. It makes excellent fuel and the 

 very best charcoal. 



