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Plum, Sour [Owmia venosa P. v. M. : Order MelidcecB), Queens- 

 land. Known also as '' Tulip-wood." Height 30—40 ft. ; diam. 

 1—3 ft. W ^2. Highly coloured, with handsome figure and 

 different shades from yellow to black, very heavy, very hard, very 

 strong, easily worked, taking a good polish, and durable. A 

 valuable wood for cabinet-work. The allied 0. acidula P. v. M., 

 known by the same name, and also as " Native Peach " and " Emu " 

 or ''Mooley Apple," which grows to about the same size, and 

 occurs also farther to the south and west, is reddish, but similar 

 in texture, and would be suitable for furniture. 



Plum, Sweet. See Plum, Burdekin. 



Plum, White. See Ironwood (vi). 



Pohutukawa. See Ironwood (xxviii). 



Pomegranate, Native. See Orange, Native and Plum, Grey. 



Poon, an Indian commercial name, seemingly applied to the 

 timber of several species used for masts and spars, especially species 

 of Galophyllum (Order Guttiferce), Of these the more important 

 would seem to be (i) G. inophyllum, (ii) (7. tomentosum, and (iii) (7. 

 angustifolium, G. inophyllum L. native to Madagascar, Mauritius, 

 Ceylon, Southern India, Burma, Queensland, and the Piji Islands. 

 Kjiown also as " Alexandrian Laurel," " Tatamaka," " Dilo." 

 Hind, '' Undi." Telug. " Punnaga " or '' Penaga." Apparently 

 also the " Palo Maria " of the Philippines. The name " Eintangor " 

 a-pplies equally to twenty species of Galophyllum in the Malay 

 area. Height 20 — 80 ft. or more ; diam. H — 5 ft. S.G. 579 — 647. 

 W 63—35. E 755 tons, c 10,000—14,700. c' 1-3— 1-9. Eed- 

 hvovm, with a pretty wavy figure, fairly hard, close- but coarse- 

 grained, very strong, durable. Used in India for sleepers, and 

 suited for joinery and cabinet-work. (7. tomentosum Wight, a 

 native of Ceylon and of Queensland, is similar, and is used in the 

 former coimtry for tea-chests. C. angustifolium Roxb., the " Piney- 

 tree " of Penang, which also attains large dimensions in the southern 

 Ghats, and is apparently partly the source of " Poon-spars." 

 (iv) DilUnia pentagyna Roxb. (Order Dillenidcece), a native of 

 India and Burma, in no way related to the species just mentioned, 

 Telugu " Ravudana," seems also to be a source of these spars. 

 It is a large tree, sometimes 20 ft. to its lowest branch, and 2 ft. in 

 diam. W 69. Reddish-grey, heavy, very hard, strong, and 

 durable in contact with the soil. Used for rice-mills, canoes, 

 deck-planks, and house-building, and yielding a good charcoal. 



Poplar, a name applied, with few exceptions, to the woods of 

 species of Populus (Order Salicinece), which are known in the 

 United States, from their hairy seeds, as '' Cottonwoods." French 

 '*' Peuplier," Germ. " Pappel." Span. " Alamo." Like those of 



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