302 WOODS OP COMMERCE 



Height 40—50 ft. ; diam. 2 ft. Dark reddish, handsorae, close- 

 grained, tough. Used by the aboriginal Ainu for bows, and by 

 wealthy Japanese for cabinet-work and interior finish. Used also 

 for pencils. 



Yoke [Piptadkiia peregrinu Benth. : Order Leguminosce), Tropical 

 South and Central America. A large tree. W 70-48. E 286 tons. 

 / 3. fc 2. fs "317. Reddish-brown, heavy, hard, close-grained. 



In Trinidad the name is also applied to Gatdlpa longissima Sims 

 (Order Bignonidcece). Height 80 ft. ; diam. 3 ft. W 70. Light 

 reddish-brown, heavy, very durable. 



Zebra-wood, a beautifully marked furniture-wood, chiefly ob- 

 tained from Gonnarus guianinsis Lam. {= Omphalohium Lamhirtii 

 DC. : Order Connardcece). British Guiana. " Hyawaballi.'' 

 Height 90 ft., squaring 10 — 12 in. S.G. 1,032. Reddish-brown, 

 beautifully marked, working well, and taking a good polish ; but 

 very rare. The name is also applied to the woods of Eugenia 

 frdgrans Willd., var, cunedta (Order Myrtdcem), Ouettdrda speciosa 

 L. (Order BuUdcem)^ the " Ron-ron " of Honduras, and Centro-^ 

 lobium roMstum Mart. (Order Leguminosce), the *'Arariba" or 

 " Araroba " of Brazil, exported from Rio, in lengths of 30 — 40 ft. ; 

 and to DiospyroB Kurzii (Order Ebendcece) from the Andaman 

 Islands. 



Zelkova {Zelkova crendta Spach. = PM7iem RicMrdi Michx. : 

 Order Ulmdcece), Caucasus. Height 70 — 80 ft. Sapwood broad, 

 light-coloured, very elastic, used for the same purposes as Ash or 

 Elm ; heart reddish, heavy, very hard, taking a good polish. Used 

 for furniture. 



Zwartbast. See Blackwood, in Cape Colony. 



