32 TIMBERS AND THEIR USES 



Canary Wood, Morinda citrifoUa, also known 

 as Leichhardt's Tree, Indian Mulberry, Brim- 

 stone Tree, occurs in West Africa, India and the 

 East. A soft, yellow, easily worked wood, pro- 

 ducing a yellow dye. 



Fustic, Chlorophora tinctoria, also known as 

 Fustick wood, Orange wood. Dyer's Mulberry, 

 occurs in Tropical America and West Indies. 

 An open-grained, lustrous wood of a greenish 

 yellow colour, producing green and yellow dyes. 



Gamboge, Garcinia Hanhuryi, occurs in 

 Southern Asia. A shrub, useless as a timber, 

 but producing a valuable yellow dye. 



Harra, Terminalia Chebula, occurs in Burma, 

 India and Ceylon. A hard, strong, close-grained 

 wood, easily poKshed but liable to insect attack. 

 The. fruits, known as Black Myrobalans, are used 

 in dyeing. 



Indigo, Indigofera tinctoria, occurs in India. 

 A shrub from which blue dyes are extracted. 



Jack (Musical Instruments). 



Logwood, Haematoxylon campechianum, also 

 known as Mahogany, though wrongly so named, 

 Campeachy wood, occurs in West Indies, Central 

 America and Brazil. A coarse-grained wood of 

 a mahogany-red colour. Gives valuable purple, 

 blue and black dyes and is used in the produc- 

 tion of ink. 



Oak, Yellow, Quercus tinctoria, also known 



