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Fam. MELiacrar. 
Xylocarpus obovatus A. Juss. Nigue Tabique (Philippines); 
(Carapa obovata Bl.) Nireh, Niri (Malay) 
East Africa to the Fiji Islands. 
One of the constituents of the true mangrove. It is a medium 
sized tree, usually with short and often crooked trunk. It occurs 
on the banks of tidal streams as single isolated individuals. The 
bark is reddish and smooth; the roots are long and project above 
the mud with sharp edges which contain aerating tissue. 
The seeds contain an oil or fat which can be extracted and 
used for hair- or illuminating-oil. 
The bark contains a very high percentage of tannin (35.2°/,) 
and is used medicinally by the natives. 
The wood is dark red or brownish red in color and is hard 
and heavy. It is an excellent substitute for mahogany ( Swie- 
tenia Mahayoni L.), to which it stands in close relationship. 
It is used for furniture, tool handles, ete. 
Xylocarpus Granatum Koen. Piagao (Philippines); Nireh, Niri 
(Carapa moluccensis Lam.) (Malay). 
Tropical East Africa to the Fiji Islands. 
This is a tree of dryer places in the swamp. It has a long 
straight trunk and a very black, fissured, thick bark. Its fruit 
is much smaller than that of the preceding species and is 
brownish in color. Wherever this tree borders the swamp mud, 
it sends out pneumatophores shaped somewhat like those ot 
Ceriovs. The wood is darker in color than that of the prece- 
ding species and is used for piling. The bark contains a con- 
' . siderable quantity of tannin. A third species, Xylocarpus Bor- 
neensis Bece., occurs on dryer, sandy spots or along the beach, 
in Borneo and the Philippines. It is very much like X. @ra- 
natum, differing from that species principally by the color of 
the fruit and the length of the fruit stalk. 
Ann. Jard, bot. Buitenz, 2e Sér. Suppl. III. 23 
