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No. 206. Red Sanders or Calliature Wood CASE 

 {Pterocarpiis santaliniis^ L.), affording a reddish-brown 36, 

 dye, used for woollen cloths. It is also said to be 

 used for colouring wine. The tree grows to a height of 

 about 20 to 25 feet, occupying only a small area in 

 Southenv India, more particularly in the Cuddapah 

 District. The wood is also extensively used for carved 

 work. Note a carving of the God of Wisdom, Ganesha, 

 in this wood from Madras. 



On the lower shelves note Andaman Redwood or 

 Andaman Padauk {Pterocarpus dalhergioides^ Roxb.). 

 A very large tree of the Andaman forests. The wood is 

 hard, close-grained, of a deep red colour and durable, 

 and is largely exported to Europe and America for 

 furniture, railway-carriages, balustrades, &c. Note also 

 wood and gum of Pad AUK of Burma (P. macrocarpuSy 

 Kurz.). The wood is harder and heavier than the 

 Padauk of the Andamans, and is probably not used 

 outside Burma. 



No. 207. African Rosewood {Pterocarpus erina- 

 cms, Poir.), from the Gambia. BoiS RoUGE or Santal 

 Rouge of Gabon. This species affords African Kino 

 of commerce, specimens of which are exhibited ; it was 

 the original source of the drug which derives its name 

 from Kano, which the tree was called in the Mandingo 

 language. 



Note sample of wood, and small box of Amboyna 

 Wood, a beautiful ornamental wood, said to be imported 

 from Singapore, and supposed to be furnished by a 

 species of Pterocarpus. It is sometimes known as KiA- 

 BOocA Wood, 



Observe on the middle shelf of the first compartment Q^gjj 

 of this case YoRUBA INDIGO from Loncliocarpus cyanes- 37^ 

 cens, Bth., also yarns dyed with it from Sierra Leone. 

 Note also cordage made from fibre of Derris uUginosa, 

 Bth., from Ceylon, and TOOBA roots {Derris elliptica, 

 Bth.), from Singapore, where they are used as a fish 

 poison. 



Wood, fruits, and oil of Pongamia glabra. Vent., are 

 here exhibited. The pods and leaves are used in native 

 medicine in India, and the oil expressed from the seeds 

 is also used both medicinally and for burning. 



