WOODS OF THE INDO-BURMESE PROVINCES. 75 



out the Burmese forests. Seldom of greater girth than 3 or 4 feet. 

 Plentiful. 



Ouk-guay. — Found all over the provinces. Wood perishable, and 

 grain short. 



Pangah (Terminalia Belerica). — White. Found through the Pegu, 

 Tounghoo, and Tharawaddy forests. Large ; useful for housebuilding. 



Pan-the-ya ; Pan-thit-ya (Vateria lanceolata). — Very abundant in 

 Tavoy and Mergui. Excellent for tool-handles. The wood is largely used 

 by the Burmese. 



Padouk ; Podauck ; Peddowk (Pterocarpus dalbergioides). — Eed. 

 In the neighbourhood of Prome. Pare in the forests. Useful for cabinet- 

 work. A kind of rosewood. It resembles Andaman wood. 



Padouk ; Puddow ; Tenasserim Mahogany (Pterocarpus Wallichii). 

 — Red. Woods of Tenasserim and Tavoy. For cabinet-work. It is used 

 also for gun-carriages and other ordnance purposes. Both kinds of 

 Padouk may be derived from the same species of Pterocarpus, which 

 some suggest, but it is scarcely probable. There are evidently two varieties 

 of wood obtained in these regions, differing much in quality, and both 

 called Padouk or Peddowk. 



Pa-ka-than. — Found inland all over the provinces. Tough and good. 

 Used by the Burmese for paddles. 



Peng-lay oun ; Penlay-pijoung (Xylocarpus granatum). — Red. 

 Very abundant all along the sea-shore from Amherst to Mergui. A good, 

 fine-grained, strong wood, for spokes, helves, &c. 



Pet-than. — Abundant in Tavoy. Hard and durable ; used by the 

 Burmese for wedges. 



Pew-bock. — Found along the sea-coast. Strong, tough, and durable. 



Phangah. — Found in the jungles near Moulmein. Used for poles of 

 carts, and in housebuilding. 



Phet-woon (Grewia Hookerii). — White. Abounds with teak in the 

 forests of Pegu and Tounghoo. Tall and remarkably straight ; girth from 

 3 to 4 feet. Useful for housebuilding. 



Phet-woon (Grewia spectabilis). — White. Plentiful in the forests of 

 Pegu. Attains a girth of 3 to 4 feet ; tall and very straight. 



Pinatha (Artocarpus sp.). — Yellow. A kind of jack-wood, found all 

 over the provinces, and capable of affording a yellow dye, for which 

 purpose it is employed by the Phoongees. Used for musical instruments 

 by the Bnrmese. 



Pin-kadoe ; Pyangadean ; Pyeng-khado (Inga xylocarpa). — Black 

 iron wood. Found in all the Burmese teak-forests and Araccan provinces. 

 Girth from 6 to 9 feet. Very hard and durable wood. 



Pinlay-jallat. — Found by the sea-side. Light but very strong wood, 

 much used for rockets. 



Pouk-pin (Butea frondosa). — Dark-brown. Plentiful in Burmah. 

 Timber crooked, and fit only for cabinet-work. 



Pymmah ; Pyen-ma ; JIed Peema (Lagerstrmmia macrocarpa). — Red. 



