212 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Mango {Mangifera indica L. : Order Anacardidcece). Tropical 

 and sub-tropical Asia. Introduced in the West Indies. Hind, 

 ''Am." Telug. "Mamidi." S.G. 597. Dull grey, porous, be- 

 coming a light cbocclate colour, harder, closer-grained, and more 

 durable in the centre of very large old trees, holding a nail faster 

 than any other wood, and standing exposure to salt-water, but 

 not to fresh. It could readily be creosoted. Used for solid cart- 

 wheels, canoes, rough furniture, planking in the interior of houses, 

 for packing-cases, as bhnd-wood and as ground for veneers, being 

 the cheapest hght wood obtainable in Madras. 



Mangosteen, False or Wild {Sandoricum indicum Cav. : Order 

 MelidcecB). Southern India, Burma, Philippines, and Moluccas. 

 " Indian sandalwood." Burm. '' Theit-to." A large tree, yielding 

 a timber with white or grey sapwood ; heart reddish, dense, hard, 

 susceptible of a high polish. Used in cart- and boat-building. 



Mangrove {Ehizofhora mucrondta Lam.: Order EMzophordcece). 

 Maritime tropical swamps from Zanzibar to the Kji Islands. 

 Mast Africa " Mkonko." Fiji " Dogo." Telug, " Ponna." Malay 

 '' Mangi-mangi," '' Api-api." Height 15—25 ft. W 70-5. Light- 

 coloured, red or brown-red at the centre, with darker zones, often 

 nearly black, very heavy, hard, close-grained, tough and durable. 



Manoao. See Pine, Silver. 



Manuka {Leptospermum scopdrium Porst.) and Manuka rauriki 

 {L. ericioides A. Rich. : Order Myrtdcece), New Zealand. " White 

 Tea-tree." S.G. 943. W 59. p 239. Dark, maple-like, hard. 

 Used for piles, fences, wheels, or furniture. 



Manzanita {Arctostdphylos pungens H.B.K. : Order Ericdcece). 

 United States. W 59-5. Small, sapwood white, heart reddish- 

 purple, with lighter streaks, fine-grained. Used in turnery. 



Mapau (Myrsine Urvillei A.DC. : Order Myrsindcece). New 

 Zealand. " Matipo," "Bed Birch," or " Eed Maple." S.G. 991. 

 W 61*82. p 192-4. Used for furniture and fuel. 



Mapau, Blaek {Pittosporum tenuifoUum Banks and Sol. : Order 

 Pittosporece). New Zealand. " Matipo-tarata," "Black Maple." 

 S.G. 955. W 60-14. p 243. 



Maple, originally Acer campestre L. (Order Acerinece). England, 

 Central Europe, Northern Asia. " Common " or '' Field Maple." 

 French " Erable champetre." Oerm. " Gemeiner, Peld " or 

 *' Kleiner Ahom." Welsh " Masaran." Height 10 — 20 or 40 ft. ; 

 diam. 9 — 12 in. S.G. 750. W 61-5 when green, 52 when dry. 

 Light-brown or reddish-white, hard, fine-grained, compact, tough, 

 with a beautiful satin-like lustre, sometimes containing dark pith- 

 flecks, and not uncommonly curled or speckled (" Bird's-eye 

 Maple ") ; annual rings slightly wavy ; pith-rays fine but distinct ; 



