198 WOODS OE COMMERCE 



Kizi {Paulownia imperidlis S. and Z. : Order Scro^pliularidcece) . 

 Japaji. A moderate-sized tree, yielding a soft, white, very light 

 wood, employed for the finest lacquer ware. 



Knobthorn {ZantMxylum capinse Harv. : =Fagardstrum capense 

 D.Don. : Order Rutdcem), South Africa. " Kjiobhout, Paarde- 

 pram." Height 50—60 ft. ; diam. 1 ft. W M-75— 48-5. Sap- 

 wood greenish-yellow, heart brown, heavy, hard, close-grained. 

 Used for axles, tools, etc. 



Kohekohe {Dysoxylum speddbiU Hook. f. : Order Melidcece), 

 'New Zealand. "Eedheart." 8.G. 678. W 36-^42. p 117*4. 

 Sapwood brown, heart rose-red, soft, fine-grained, easily worked. 

 Used for cabinet-work. 



Kola (Cola acumindta R. Br. : Order StercuUdcece), West Africa ; 

 introduced into tropical America. Height 40 ft. Whitish, light, 

 porous, Poplar-hke wood, obnoxious to insects. Used in boat and 

 waggon-building and for tables. 



Kolavu {Hardwichia pinvdta Roxb. : Order Leguminosm). South- 

 West India, Brown, moderately hard. Used in building. 



Kosum [SchUichem trijuga Willd. : Order Sapinddcem). India, 

 Burma, Ceylon. " Ceylon Oak." Beng, '' Koon." Mahr. " Ku- 

 soombh." Sinh. " Kon." Tarn. " Kulu " or " Puvu." Height 

 50 ft. ; diam. 1—4 ft. W 60—70. Red, very heavy and hard, 

 strong, durable, but not large. Used for axles, spokes, pestles, 

 sugar-crushers, and screw rollers for mills, beams and trusses. 



Kowhai (Sophora tetrdptera var. grandiflora Ait. : Order Legumi- 

 nosm). New Zealand. 8.G. 884. W 48-75—55. p 207-5. 

 Brownish-white, very hard and tough. Used for cogs. 



Kranji {Didlium: Order Leguminosce). Malay peninsula, Java, 

 Borneo. '' Tamarind Plum." A general Malay name for five or 

 six species, D. indum L., D. laurinum Baker, D. Maingdyi Baker, 

 D. patens Baker, and D. platysepalum Baker, the last being known 

 as '' Kranji sepan." They are 50—80 ft. high, ^^~5 ft. in diam. 

 W 67. S.G. 956-1,067. e' 3-4. p' 1-83. c 10,920. c' 1-442. 

 Sapwood whitish, heart red, very heavy, hard, tough and strong, 

 close-grained, resembhng Spanish Mahogany, but without figure, 

 welkigh indestructible. Used in Borneo for ship- and house- 

 building. 



Kretti {Nectdndra sp. ? : Order Laurdcm), British Guiana. 

 Height 80 ft. ; diam. 2 ft. W 32. Brown, resembling the heavier 

 Black Cedar, but with the fragrance of West Indian Cedar. 



Kurumi [Juglans mandsMrica Maxim. : Order Juglanddcece). 

 Japan. Resembling the European Walnut in characters and uses. 

 Laburnum. See Ebony, False, 



