152 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Bunya-bunya (Amucdria Bidwilli Hook: Order Goniferce). 

 Queensland. Height 100—150 ft. ; diam. 2^4: ft. Light-coloured, 

 straight-grained, beautifully veined, very strong, easily worked, 

 susceptible of polish, not warping, durable. Suitable for cheap 

 furniture, but seldom felled, as its seeds are eaten by the aborigines. 

 " Mottled " outside planks showing figure are used for veneers and 

 turnery. 



Butternut [Juglans cinerea L. : Order Juglanddcece), Eastern 

 North America. " White Walnut." '' Oil nut." French " Noyer 

 cendre," Germ. " Graue Walnuss." Height 50—60 ft.; diam. 

 2—3 ft. Reddish-brown, light, soft, not strong, free from the 

 attacks of worms, not easily split. Used for sleepers, for internal 

 work in building, coach-panels, boats and canoes, wooden dishes, 

 shovels, and cabinet-work. Seldom imported into England. 



[^ Button-wood. See Plane. 



^ Cabbage-bark. See Angelin. 



Cagueyran {Gopaifera hymenwifoUa Moric. : Order Leguminosce). 

 Cuba. A large tree, the wood of which is used in building. 



Cailcedra. See Mahogany, African. 



Cajeput (MelaUuca Uucadendron L. : Order Myrtdcece), Malaysia 

 and tropical Australia. "Milkwood, White" or "Swamp Tea- 

 tree." Aborig. " Atchoourgo." Malay " Kayu puti." New Gale^ 

 donia " NiaouH." Height 40 — 50 ft. ; diam. 1 — 2 ft. Hard, heavy, 

 with a ripple-Hke mottling, close-grained, very durable under- 

 ground. Used for posts and in ship-buildiag, turns well, and is 

 suitable for carriage-work, being considered in New Caledonia the 

 most valuable native wood. 



Calabash {Grescentia GujUe L. : Order Bignonidcem), Cuba 

 "Guira." West Indies. S.G. 580. W 54-69. E -230. R 243 lbs. 

 f2'^2, fcl -69. fs ' 368. Light brown, soft, elastic. Pith irregular, 

 rather large ; rings and pith-rays indistinct ; vessels equally but 

 sporadically distributed, small. Used for lasts, saddle-bows, etc. 



Calamander or Coromandel wood {Diospyros qumsita Thwaites, 

 D. oocdrpa Thw. and D. hirsuta Linn. fil. : Order Ebendcem). Tamil 

 " Calamander maram," Sink, " Kalu-mediriya." W 57. One of 

 the most valuable ornamental woods of Ceylon, but now scarce, 

 red-hazel-brown or chocolate brown, with handsome black stripes, 

 intermediate between Rosewood and Zebra-wood, hard, close- 

 grained. Used for turning and veneers. 



Caloon or Calshum {Elceocdrpus grdndis F. v. M. : Order Tili- 

 deem), J^orth-East Australia. "Mountain Ash." "Brisbane 

 Quandong." "Moorgum" in North Queensland. "Blue Eig" 

 in New South Wales. W 45-5. Large, light greyish-brown, close- 



