SABICU 



A handsome wood : splits and planes easily (one way of the 

 grain) notwithstanding its hardness. 



Colour. Dark brown with bold black streaks. Sap-wood ? 



Anatomical Characters. Transverse section : — 



Pores. Readily visible, prominent when white, size i, coarse, 

 little variation : evenly distributed, isolated except where sub- 

 divided into compact groups of 2-3 (rarely more), mostly single ; 

 round or oval ; often with red or milk-white contents. 



Rays. Require lens, fine, size 5, uniform ; equidistant, much 

 less than a large pore-width apart : running round or stopped 

 short by the pores : numerous, 6-9 per mm. ; much denser than 

 the ground-tissue : appear red against the dark ground ; nearly 

 straight. 



Rings. Very doubtful : zones of darker wood here and there : 

 contour uniform. 



Soft-tissue abundant in broad borders encircling the pores 

 sometimes extending laterally into spindle-shaped patches ; 

 cells very coarse, size 6 (pore-scale), also many fine, black con- 

 centric lines, (in transparent section), which appear white in 

 the solid; size 6. 



Pith. ? 



Radial Section. Colour rich hazel-brown with black lines ; 

 much lighter in shade than the transverse section. Pores 

 prominent, mostly black, some white. Rings doubtful. Soft- 

 tissue traceable as black, spongy continuations or tails to the 

 pores. 



Tangential Section. As the radial but the pores appear as 

 bold, black, broad lines. Unusually prominent. Rays, fine 

 dark lines about 0*5 mm. high. Rings. Rather prominent, 

 not defined, rather of a watered appearance. 



Type specimen from commercial sources, not authenticated. 



No. 73. SABICU. Species unknown. 



Part VI. Fig. 46. 



Natural Order. Leguminosese. 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry weight 43J lbs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness Grade 5, compare English Ash. Smell and 

 taste none. Burns indifferently well with a faint aroma : embers 

 glow in still air. Solution with water reddish, appears at boiling- 

 point only. 



Grain. Moderately fine and open. Surface scarcely lustrous, 

 the pores glistening, the ground bright, not waxy to the touch. 



Bark. ? 



Uses. A substitute for Mahogany, for which it may easily be 

 mistaken. 



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