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Acacia odoratissima. Jatikorai, fr. Gualpara.* 
Trunk very lofty, but not straight ; often 6 feet in girth: wood hard, and 
used in furniture —Ham. 
Acacia marginata. Korui, fr. Gualpara. 
5 cubits in girth. Makes good planks.—Ham. 
Acer levigatum. Suslendi, N. Cherouni, P.+ fr. Nipal. 
30 to 40 feet high: 3 to 4 inches in diameter; of slow growth; used for 
rafters, beams, and other building purposes.—Sp. 3:5 inches in diam. Wood 
varied brown and cream colour, with a wavy lustre. 
Acer sterculiaceum, fr. Nipal. 
A very large tree, 3 feet in diameter.—Sp. 3°5 inch. diam. Wood light: 
fibre pale cream colour, with considerable lustre: rays in distinct brown 
ribands: tubes large, giving a coarse appearance to the wood. 
Acer oblongum, fr. Nipal. 
A very large tree. Wood moderately hard and compact.—Sp. fibre cream 
brown, with considerable lustre: rays in narrow ribands of a flesh colour : 
tubes small. : 
Adamia cyanea. Bansook, P. and N. fr. Nipal. 
Wood pale coloured, not used, 
Aggur. See Aquilaria. 
sae \ See Dipterocarpus. 
Ahnaun, fr. Tavoy. 
3 to 6 fathoms long; 12 to 15 inches diameter. Yields good crooked 
timber, the strongest and most durable of any in Tavoy; used for anchors 
to the largest boats. 
Alesi. See Justicia. 
Alnus nepalensis, fr. Nipal. 
Wood as firm as English birch, and of a deeper colour; very hard, and 
difficult to cut; lustre considerable.—Sp. 5 inch. diam., 20 layers in 1°7 inch 
(but in another specimen 5 layers in 1°8 inch). Heart pale brownish red : 
fibre glossy: rays reddish brown, very distinct. Bark fibrous, rather thick, 
composed of many thin laminz. 
Alstonia (Echites) scholaris. Chatiyan, fr. Gualpara. 
A beautiful tree, often 3 cubits in girth, used for coarse furniture—Ham. 
Alstonia antidysenterica (Nerium antidys.). Dudkhuri, fr. Gualpara. 
A large tree, often 3 cubits in circumference. Is considered a powerful 
medicine. Beads are made of it, to be worn round the neck.—Ham. 
Amari. See Guarea. 
Anacardium latifolium. Bhela, fr. Gualpara. 
Grows to a good size ; used for making chests and couches.—Ham, 
Anacardium? Thubbamboo, B. fr. Tavoy. 
A large tree, used in boat-building. 
Andrachne trifoliata. Uriam, fr. Gualpara. 
3 cubits in girth, used for coarse furniture.—Ham. 
Andromeda ovalifolia. Angaree, P.; Juggoochal, N.; fr. Nipal. 
Grows 1 or 2 feet in diameter: wood soft and spongy, used for fuel.— 
Sp. wood moderately hard, compact, reddish brown, with some lustre. Bark 
with layers of stringy fibres. 
Andromeda formosa. Sheaboge, N. fr. Nipal. 
A tree of considerable size.—Sp. 4°5 inch. diam.: wood pale brown, fine- 
grained, moderately hard ; rays very distinct in the outer layers. 
* The Gualpara specimens are not as yet in the Society’s possession. 
+ Parbuttea, the language of the natives of Nipal. 
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