THE USES OF WOOD 97 



Mediterranean region. A close-grained, hard, 

 elastic wood. Easily polished. Yellowish in 

 colour. Used for whip handles, flutes, walking- 

 sticks, etc. 



Pin Bush, Hahea leucoptera, also known as 

 Needle Bush, Water Tree, Beefwood, occurs in 

 Central and Eastern Australia. A coarse- 

 grained, soft, easily polished wood. Used for 

 making tobacco pipes. 



Porcupine Wood, Cocos nucifera, occurs in 

 India. A palm whose wood is used for walking- 

 sticks, spears, etc. 



Sycamore, Acer Pseudo-Platanus, occurs in 

 Europe, North America. A fine even-grained 

 wood. Easily worked and polished. Quite 

 white, a sapwood tree. Used for table tops, shop 

 boards, etc., on account of its whiteness. 



Willow, White, Salix alba, occurs in Europe, 

 North Africa, North West India and Northern 

 and Western Asia. An even, straight-grained 

 wood. Heartwood pale brown, sapwood white. 

 Used for making cricket-bats. 



