CAMWOOD 



the ground-tissue : weak, but scarcely avoiding the pores, about 

 a pore-width apart. 



Rings. Very clear, or rather certain : alternations in density 

 are conspicuous to the unaided eye. 



Soft-tissue. Abundant and conspicuous, forming the festoons 

 connecting the pores, frequently branching and anastomosing. 



Pith. Cylindrical, about 2 mm. wide : as hard as the wood. 



Radial Section. Pores, prominent dark groves usually lined 

 with shining gum, but also often plugged with a white substance. 



Rays. Readily visible, but inconspicuous dark lines or flakes. 



Tangential Section. As the Radial, but the rays appear as 

 minute lines, about i£ to 2 mm. high : sharply cut : need strong 

 lens. 



Type specimen from commercial sources, but without doubt 

 this species. 



Fig. 38, Plate V. (Baphia) serves to illustrate the structure 

 of this species also. 



No. 60. CAMWOOD. Baphia nitida. Afzel. 



Plate V. Fig. 38. 



Natural Order. Leguminoseae. 



Source of Supply. West Africa. 



Alternative Names. Caban : Cambalholz (131). Barwood. 

 Red Rosewood (99). Wiesner states that Barwood is either the 

 wood of Pterocarpus santalinoides, L'Herit. or P. angolensis D.C., 

 and that it possesses a specific gravity of 0*62 (38! lbs. per cu. ft.), 

 also that it is very similar to East Indian Sandal-wood. The 

 names of Barwood and Camwood are frequently quoted as being 

 interchangeable (see Boulger, p. 417), but Holtzapffel treats 

 them as independent species, and Wiesner's statement is strong 

 evidence in support of the correctness of this view. My speci- 

 men was sold to me as Barwood, but I prefer to think that it 

 was misnamed. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 59J to 67J, 

 Hardness Grade 1, compare Ebony. Smell or taste none. Burns 

 well without aroma : heat does not expel gum or resin : embers 

 glow in still air. Solution in cold water, claret colour, very 

 strong : turns amethyst-violet upon the addition of potash : 

 no ppt. The alcoholic solution is olive, turning claret-colour 

 with potash. 



Grain. Rather coarse and dense. Surface bright. 



Bark. ? 



Use. A dye-wood. " Walking sticks " (107). 



Authorities. Wiesner (130), pp. 936 and 939. Boulger (12), 

 p. 417. Holtzapffel (48), pp. 73 and 78. Scott-Elliott (107). 



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