268 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Height 10 — 16 ft. ; diam. 6 — 9 in. Dark-coloured, fragrant, very 

 hard, coarse-grained, taking an excellent polish. Used in cabinet- 

 work. 



Sandalwood, White. See Sandalwood. 



Sandalwood, Yellow. See Sandalwood. 



Sandan {Ougeinia dalbergioides Benth. : Order Leguminosce). 

 Northern India. Mottled brown and red, hard, tough, close- 

 grained, taking a good polish, durable. Used for furniture, carriage- 

 poles, wheels, agricultural implements, etc. 



Sanderswood, Red (i) (Pterocdrpus santalinus L. fil. : Order 

 Leguminosce). Southern and Further India, Ceylon, China, Java, 

 etc. Known also as " Bed Sandalwood." French '* Santale rouge.'^ 

 Germ, " Ostindisches SantelhoJz, Caliaturholz." Sansh, '^ Rakta 

 chandana." Pers, " Sandal surkh." Eind, '' Chandana." Tarn. 

 " Ohandanum." Sinh, " Rakt-chandan." Behoved to be the 

 Hebrew " Almug " of 1 Elings x. 11, 12, the ^{ika irek&Krjrd of the 

 Septuagint. Height 20—25 ft. ; diam. 1 ft. S.G, 750. W 46-84. 

 Deep orange-red, with Hghter zones, turning to claret-colour or 

 black, heavy, very hard, fine-grained, taking a beautiful polish. 

 Used for images, carving, furniture, turnery, and occasionally 

 building ; but chiefly as a red dye, soluble in alcohol, but not in 

 water, (ii) Adendnthera favonina L. : Order Leguminosce), India, 

 Burma, Moluccas, North Queensland, and cultivated in Tropical* 

 Africa and America. Known also as " Redwood " or " Red Sandal- 

 wood." Germ. " Condoriholz." Sansh. " Cambhoji." Hind. 

 " Ranjana, Ku-chandana." Beng. " Ratka-chandan." Tarn. 

 '' Gandamani." A large tree. W 56. Yellowish-grey or light- 

 brown, or in older trees a beautiful coral-red, sometimes with darker 

 stripes when fresh cut, turning dark-brown, or purple like Rosewood, 

 on exposure, rather heavy, hard, coarse- but close-grained, durable, 

 but apt to be worm-eaten. Used in house-building and for cabinet- 

 work ; or, ground into a paste, by rubbing the wood against a stone 

 with some water, as a dye. 



Sanders, Yellow (Ximenia americdna L. : Order Olacinem). 

 Tropical America, Pacific, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Brazil 

 "Ameixero," ''Espinha de meicha." Guiana " HeymassoH." 

 Ban Domingo ''Gtoq.'' W 57-3. E 721 tons. /4-5. /c4. /^ -368 

 Yellow, fragrant, very hard, tough, close- and even - grained. 

 Employed in India as a substitute for Sandalwood, in the Eiji 

 Islands for the peculiar pillows (" kaU ") used by the natives, and 

 suggested for engraving. 



Santa Maria {Calophyllum Cdlaba Jacq. : Order Outtiferm). 

 Tropical America. Known also as '' Galba," " Galaba," " Accite 

 de Maria," and in Cuba as '' Ocuje." Height 60—90 ft. ; diam. 



