74 WOODS OF THE INDO-BTJRMESE PROVINCES. 



Mai-tai-yo. — Found all over the provinces. Durable, light, and 

 tough. Used for posts by the Burmese. 



Maneeoga. — Said to be used by the Burmese for rice-pounders. Found 

 all over Tenasserim and Martaban provinces. 



Meenaban ; Tavoy Lance- wood. — Said to be the produce of an Apocy- 

 naceous tree. Used for bows, spears, chisel-handles, &c. Is tough, hard, 

 elastic, and durable, capable of a beautiful polish, and makes excellent 

 furniture. Will not bear exposure to the direct rays of the sun. 



Mezzalee. — Scattered, but not very abundant, all over the provinces. 

 The wood has a handsome streaked grain like Palmyra wood. Employed 

 by the Burmese for rulers and walking-sticks. 



Mhanbin (Morinda excerta). — Yellow. Only found cultivated in 

 Pegu. Small timber for cabinet-work. 



Mong-dayat-pew. — White. Found near the sea, and at the mouths of 

 rivers. Not a good wood, being very perishable. 



Mong-dayat-nee. — Red. Found from Amherst to Mergui, but not 

 abundant. A tough wood, with a good grain. Used for boats. 



Moketammatha ; Martaban Wood. — Found in Martaban and the 

 adjacent jungles. Uncommonly heavy, and used for tool-handles. 



Murrh-neen. — Abundant, and in appearance resembles deal, but is of 

 no durability. ^ 



Myat (Grewia Asiaticci). — White. Not so common as Grewia flori- 

 bunda. 



Myat-ya ; Mya-ya {Grewia floribunda). — White. Common tree at 

 Tavoy, Amherst, and from Rangoon to Tounghoo. Good, serviceable 

 timber for housebuilding. 



Myouk sho ; Monkey-tree (Dalbergia sp.). — Found in Tavoy and 

 Mergui, abundant inland. Resembles lancewood. 



Najee {Pterospermum acerifolium). — Dark-brown. Large forest-tree, 

 not plentiful in Burrnak. Resembles the last. 



Najee {Pterospermum subacerifolium). — Dark-brown. Plentiful in the 

 teak-forests of the Burmese Empire. Large and extremely valuable timber. 

 Doubtless applicable for shipbuilding. 



Na-pew-gee, or Let-thouk-gee. — Found all over the provinces. 

 Useful, but not very durable. 



Na-yooay. — A scarce wood, with a curled grain, much like English 

 oak in appearance, but deficient in tenacity. Used by the Burmese for 

 oars. 



Neentha. — Very abundant along the coast. A very heavy wood, but 

 liable to split. Used for rafters of houses. 



Nga-bai ; Chuckrassee {Swietenia cliikrassee). — Red. Found with 

 teak in the Pegu forests, and at Chittagong. Not plentiful. Equal to 

 mahogany. 



Ngy-soung tha. — Abundant. Of no durability or strength. Only fit 

 for firewood. 



Ouk-chinya ; Tai {Dyospyros melanoxylon). — Ebony. Found through- 



