SWEET-SCENTED MIMOSA 



Tangential Section. As the Radial, but the rays are minute 

 vertical lines about 075 mm. 



Type specimen from commercial sources, not authenticated, 

 but the structure agrees with that of Nordlinger's section (under 

 syn., Acacia Angico) and also with Miers' description. 



No. 63. SWEET-SCENTED MIMOSA. Albizzia 

 odoratissima. Bth. 



Plate V. Fig. 40. 



Natural Order. Leguminoseae. 



Synonyms. Acacia odoratissima. Willd. Mimosa odoratis- 

 sima. Roxb. 



Alternative Names. Hurihi in Ceylon (12). Suriya mara or 

 Hure mara and many others in the various dialects of India, 

 see Gamble and Watt. 



Sources of Supply. India, Burmah, and Ceylon. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 42 to 60 lbs. 

 per cu. ft. Hardness Grade 2, compare Boxwood. Smell 

 fragrant like rose-water. Solution with water, brown to red. 

 The light red or brown scrapings from the wood are turned to an 

 olive colour by alcohol ? 



Grain. Rather coarse, even and dense. Surface lustrous, 

 glassy with dull bands. 



Bark. About J inch thick : grey with irregular fissures and 

 patches of a darker colour. 



Uses, etc. " Wheels, oil mills furniture, and for all purposes 

 requiring strength and durability " (37). Very hard to saw, splits 

 very easily, does not soil readily. This wood is well worth im- 

 porting. 



Authorities. Gamble (37), p. 158. Nordlinger (86), vol. v. 

 p. 9. Watt (127). 



Colour. Heart-wood in bands of brown, walnut and black, 

 or even olive, sharply defined from the very wide, pinkish sap- 

 wood. 



Anatomical Characters. Transverse section : — 



Pores. Prominent, coarse, size 1, variable in size : evenly 

 distributed : rare, only 1 to 2 per sq. mm. : occasionally grouped 

 or subdivided, as many as five in a group, radial groups with a 

 large pore at each end : some with black contents : a tendency to 

 loose, oblique lines. 



Rays. Need lens, fine, size 5 : straight but avoiding the pores : 

 long, denser than the ground-tissue : numerous about 4-8 per 

 mm. 



Rings. Obscure : the bands of colour have no relation to the 

 structure. 



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