94 TIMBEES AND THEIR USES 



known as Bastard Box, occurs in South East 

 Australia. A close-grained, hard, heavy wood. 

 Very durable. Used for felloes and spokes. 

 Dark red in colour. 



Yen Dike, Dalbergia cultrata, also known as 

 Blackwood, occurs in Burma. A close-grained, 

 heavy, hard, elastic and very durable wood. 

 Used for spokes. Colour " black with white and 

 red stripes." 



Miscellaneous Timbers. 



Acajou, Cedrela guianensis, occurs in French 

 Gruiana. A soft, durable, easily worked wood. 

 Used for making cigar boxes. 



Alder, Alnus glutinosa (Fig. 24), also known 

 as Black Alder, Common Alder, occurs in Europe. 

 A very fine, even-grained, bright-surfaced wood. 

 Very durable and elastic. Sapwood pale red- 

 brown, a sapwood tree. Largely used for 

 making clogs. The best wood for gunpowder 

 charcoal. 



Ash, Fraxinus excelsior (Fig. 49), also known 

 as Common Ash, Hungarian Ash, occurs in 

 Europe and North Africa. An open-grained, 

 bright-surfaced wood. Tough and elastic, does 

 not warp. Durable. Heartwood yellowish 

 brown, sapwood white. Ash wood is put to 

 more uses than any other, among which may 

 be mentioned: Wheels, carriage building, lance 



