20 MAi TAKIEN. 
MAI TAKIEN, (Hopea Odorata) is a tree 
of the natural order of Dipterocarpeae. Mai Takien is a 
handsome and beautiful evergreen tree of the siamese 
jungle. Calyx five-leaved two of them increasing with 
the capsule into wings. Corol one petalled, contorted. 
Filaments ten, inserted on the tube of the corol, alter- 
nately two cleft. Anthers fifteen. Germ superior, three 
celled, two seeded, attachment superior. Capsule one 
celled, one valved. Seed solitary. Embryo inverse, 
without perisperm. Leaves ovate-oblong, a hollow gland 
on the axills of the large veins, alternate, short-petioled. 
The largest specimen found is 7m. in girth and 80 m. 
high. According to Siamese folklore, very big specimens 
are inhabited by ghosts who can cause the death of any 
one felling the tree. This tree has white flowers in March. 
The seed ripens in May and June. The bark is dark, it 
has deep, long furrows and is 24-4cm. thick. The wood is 
hard of yellowish brown colour but is lighter in tone 
when newly sawn. The pores are of a moderate size and 
ringed. The medullary rays are prominent on a radial 
