THE USES OP WOOD 43 



Guiana. A fine, even-grained, almost lustrous 

 wood. It works well and takes a good polish. 

 Heartwood pale brown, sapwood cream. 



Crab Wood, Carapa guianensis, also known 

 as Carapa, Caraba, Carbaballi, Caribaballi, 

 occurs in British Guiana and Trinidad. A 

 coarse, open-grained wood. Easily worked 

 and polished. Heartwood rich brown, sapwood 

 yellowish. 



Cucumber Tree (Turnery). 



Cypress Pine (Fig. 40) (Piles). 



Del, Artocarpus nobilis, occurs in Ceylon. An 

 open, even-grained, lustrous wood. Not easy 

 to work on account of being cross grained. 

 Difficult to polish. Olive brown in colour. 



Elm Wych (Shipbuilding). 



Granadillo, Amyris balsamifera, also known 

 as Funera, Rosewood, Mountain Torchwood, 

 Legrium Rhodium, ' occurs in West Indies. A 

 hard resinous wood of a red colour. 



Grignon (Masts). 



Gum, Apple (Sleepers). 



Gum, Cabbage, Eucalyptus sieberiana, also 

 known as Mountain Ash, Blackbutt, Gum top. 

 Stringy Bark, Ironbark, White Ironbark, Bastard 

 Ironbark, Green top, Silvertop, occurs in Aus- 

 tralia and Tasmania. A coarse, cross-grained, 

 easily worked, tough elastic wood. Pale brown 

 colour. 



