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occurs in Tropical America and West Indies. 

 A very fine-grained, dense, even timber. Easily 

 worked and turned. Heartwood brown, almost 

 black, sapwood canary yeUow. Used in the 

 manufacture of flageolets and flutes. 



Els, Rhus Thunhergii, also known as Rock 

 Ash, KHp, occurs in South Africa. A close- 

 grained, hard, tough wood. 



Jack, Artocarpus integrifoUa, also known as Jak 

 Wood, Jaack Wood, Jaca Tree, Orange Wood, 

 Kos, occurs in India and Ceylon, Brazil, West 

 Indies, Malay Archipelago. A coarse-grained, 

 moderately hard wood, liable to warp ; yellowish 

 brown in colour. 



LoQUAT, Eriohotrya japonica, also known as 

 Biwa, occurs in Japan. A heavy, hard, straight- 

 grained wood. 



Maple, Norway, Acer platanoides, also known 

 as Plane Maple, occurs in North Eastern and 

 Central Europe. A hard, tough, easily worked 

 and polished wood, pale grey in colour. 



Palisander Wood, Jacaranda brasiliana, 

 occurs in Brazil. A hard, heavy, close-grained 

 wood. Heartwood rich brown with black bands, 

 sapwood grey. Used in making pianos. 



Pear, Hard, Olinia cymosa, var. intermedia, 

 occurs in Cape Colony. A hard, close-grained, 

 heavy, tough wood, yellowish in colour. 



Plum, Prunus domestica (Fig. 59), occurs in 



