332 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Thorn, in Cape Colony (Acdda hurrida Willd. : Order Legum- 

 indscu). Known also as "Mimosa." Boer "Doom- boom, Kamul- 

 boom." Height 2025 ft.; diam. 1 1-J ft. Hard, tough. 

 Used for building, agricultural implements, wheels, etc. 



Tochi (dEsculus turbindta El. : Order Sapinddcece). Japan. 

 Height 20 ft. ; diam. 2 ft. Used in house-building, box-making 

 and lacquer-work. 



Tonka-bean (Coumarouna odor aid Aubl. = Dipteryx odordta 

 Willd. : Order Leyuminosce). Brazil and Guiana. Known 

 sometimes as "Tonquin Bean," "Gaiac," "Cuamara." Height 

 6070 or 9C ft.; diam. 1 2J ft. S.G. 12131032. E 385 

 kilos. Dark yellow or reddish-brown, very heavy, hard, tough, 

 cross-grained, difficult to work, taking a fine polish, very durable 

 and said to bear a greater strain than any wood in the Colony. 

 Used for cogs, shafts, mill-wheels, and to a small extent for 

 turnery and furniture, and medicinally as a substitute for 

 Guaiacum. 



Toon. See Cedar, Moulmein. 



Torreya, Japanese. See Kaya. 



Totara (Podocdrpus Totdra A. Cunn. : Order Taxhiece). New 

 Zealand. Height 40 70 or 100 ft., 3540 ft. to the lowest 

 branch; diam. 2 6 or 10 ft., yielding timber 2045 ft. long, 

 squaring 1022 in. S.G. 1230 when fresh cut, 600 when 

 seasoned. Sapwood 2 3 inches wide, light-reddish ; heart 

 deep red, heavy, moderately hard, close, straight, fine and even 

 in grain, strong, easily worked, not warping or twisting, very 

 durable, teredo-proof. With the exception of Kauri, the most 

 valuable timber in New Zealand, and far more abundant than 

 Kauri. Used for piles in the sea, sleepers, telegraph-poles, 

 fencing, shingles, bridges and general building purposes. 



Trincomalee-wood (Bfrrya Ammmilla Koxb. : Order TiUdeece). 

 Ceylon, Philippines and Tropical Australia; introduced in India. 

 Sink. "Halmilla." Tarn. " Katamanakku." Germ. "Halmalille- 

 holz." Height 2040 ft. ; diam. 1 2* ft. W 48. Straight- 

 growing, dark red, light, very hard, straight and fine-grained, 

 tough, strong, durable. Imported from Trincomalee to Madras. 



