308 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



grained, taking a good polish, durable. Used for furniture, 

 carriage -poles, wheels, agricultural implements, etc. 



Sanders-wood, Red (i) (Pterocdrpus santalinus L. fil. : Order 

 Legumindsce). Southern and Further India, Ceylon, China, Java, 

 etc. Known also as " Red Sandalwood." French " Santale rouge." 

 Germ " Ostindisches Santelholz, Caliaturholz." Sansk. "Rakta 

 chandana." Pers. "Sandal surkh." Hind. " Chandana." Tarn. 

 " Chandanum." Sinli. li Rakt-chandan." Height 20-25 ft. ; diam. 

 1 ft. S.G. 750. W 46-84. Deep red with lighter zones, heavy, very 

 hard, fine-grained, taking a beautiful polish. Used for images, 

 turnery, and occasionally building; but chiefly as a red dye, 

 soluble in alcohol but not in water, (ii) Adendnthera pavonina L. : 

 Order Legumindsa). India, Burma, Moluccas, North Queensland, 

 and cultivated in Tropical Africa and America. Known also as 

 "Red wood" or "Red Sandalwood." Germ. " Condoriholz." 

 Sansk. "Cambhoji." Hind. " Ranjana, Ku-chandana." Beng. 

 " Rakta-chandan." Tarn. "Gandamani." A large tree. W 56. 

 Yellowish-grey or light-brown, or in older trees a beautiful coral- 

 red, sometimes with darker stripes when fresh cut, turning dark- 

 brown, or purple like Rosewood, on exposure, rather heavy, hard, 

 coarse but close-grained, durable, but apt to be worm-eaten. 

 Used in house-building and for cabinet-work; or, ground into a 

 paste by rubbing the wood against a stone with some water, as a 

 dye. 



Sanders, Yellow (Xime'nia americdna L. : Order Olacinece). 

 Tropical America, Pacific, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Brazil 

 "Ameixero," " Espinha de meicha." Guiana" Heymassoli." San 

 Domingo "Croc." W 57-3. E 721 tons. / 4-5. fc 4. fs -368. 

 Yellow, fragrant, very hard, tough, close and even-grained. 

 Employed in India as a substitute for Sandalwood, in the Fiji 

 Islands for the peculiar pillows ("kali") used by the natives, and 

 suggested for engraving. 



Santa Maria (Calophyllum Cdlaba Jacq. : Order Guttiferce). 

 Tropical America. Known also as "Galba," "Galaba," "Accite 

 de Maria," and in Cuba as "Ocuje." Height 6090 ft. ; diam. 

 2_3 ft. ; yielding logs 2550 ft. long, squaring 1222 in. S.G. 



