76 WOODS OF THE 1NDO-BURMESE PROVINCES. 



Found til rough out Burmali and Tenasseriin. Common and valuable 

 timber, equally useful with. teak. 



Pymmah, or Peema pew. — White. Found all over the Tenasserim and 

 Martaban provinces. Tough, but does not last so long as the Red Peema j 

 rots when shut up. Not recommended. 



Seet ; Seet-seen ; Thaeet tha (Acacia data).— Red. Plentiful in 

 the Pegu, Tounghoo, and Prome districts. Timber straight, long, and 

 large. Employed for cabinet-work. 



Seet ; Tseet (Acacia stipulata). — Red. The forests from Eangoon to 

 Tounghoo. A large, heavy timber, used for furniture. 



Seet (Acacia Serissa). — Red. Plentiful in the Tounghoo district. 

 Large and useful furniture-wood. 



Shabin {Acacia Catechu). — Red. Great quantities in the Prome and 

 Tharawaddy forests, and above Tounghoo. Large, and useful for furniture. 



Sqondra (Heritiera minor). — Red. Common in the Rangoon district, 

 along the creeks and sunderbunds, and in Tenasserim. Strong and useful 

 for housebuilding. Major Campbell found that out of 27 woods he exa- 

 mined, this was the strongest. 



Sow-yew; Chisel-handle Tree (Dalbergia sp.). — Yellowish-white. 

 Not very abundant. Used by the Burmese in preference to any other for 

 chisel-handles and helves of axes. 



Soway-do. — Very abundant. Crooked, but employed for gun-stocks. 



Ta kook tha ; Tay-mine. — Found all over the provinces. Durable, 

 and useful for turnery, but small in size. 



Taliennoe (Chaulmoogra odorata). — White. A few trees about Ran- 

 goon, and on the banks of streams in the Tounghoo forests. Scarce. 

 Useful for cabinet-work. 



Tamayoke (Rondeletia tinctoria). — Dark-brown. Small timber, found 

 in Pegu. Fine-grained, and useful for ornamental work. 



Ta-soung-let-wah (Juglans tricoccd). — White. Found on the banks 

 ■of streams in the Pegu district. Scarce. Hard, strong timber. 



Tanyen (Inga bijemina). — Black iron wood. In all the teak-forests of 

 Burrnah. Girth about 6 feet. Plentiful. 



Tawsa-thayet (JMangifera attenuata). — Dark-brown. Scarce. Found 

 in the Pegu and Tounghoo forests. 



Tawthedinbin (Ricinus diococcd). — Red. Scarce. Found only on 

 the banks of streams in the Pegu and Tounghoo districts. Very tall, large 

 timber. Useful for furniture. 



Tayet khyee. — An abundant wood, pretty in grain, but of no 

 durability. 



Tay-tha. — Scarce in Amherst, but abundant in Tavoy. Subject to 

 dry-rot. 



Tay-yo-tha (Grewia sp.). — Found on the sea-coast abundantly. Used 

 for oars and masts of boats. Not considered very durable. 



Teak (Tectona grandis). — Abundant, of which there are several 

 varieties, differing as to quality. Much exported. 



