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Dipterocarpus Grandiflorus, Blanco. D. pterygocalyx, Scheff. 

 Minyak Kruing Dadek. 



A gigantic tree attaining the height of upwards of 200 feet and a 

 diameter of 2 feet or more. Bark hard grey wrinkled with small 

 transverse grooves, about ^ inch thick. Leaves very large ovate 

 elliptic with abroad base, edges cumulate, glabrous, strongly ribbed. 

 Flowers 2 inches long pinkish cream color. Fruit red, the largest of 

 any species oblong with five strong keels or ridges and two large 

 oblong wings (calyx lobes) nine inches long and two inches a- 

 cross. The very large fruit easily distinguishes this. It is com- 

 mon all over the Peninsula. 



The timber is hard and fairly heavy, very resinous, deep red 

 brown and close grained, the rings fairly distinct and numerous, 

 pores numerous and close rather large and arranged in groups and 

 irregular bands, rays numerous very close, unequal light coloured. 

 There is a certain amount of sapwood about £ of the trunk. 

 Weight 50 lbs. 8 ozs. The wood is not considered good, as it is 

 apt to break up, but is sometimes used in building. 



The oil soon sets into a light brown resin almost completely. 

 It is used in varnish either fresh before it sets or mixed with other 

 oils and so redissolved. 



D. crinitiis, Dyer. Gombang. 



This tree attains a height of about a hundred and fifty feet, and 

 is easily recognized by its hairy branches and leaves. The leaves 

 are ovate stiff and hard and covered with stiff yellow hairs espe- 

 cially along the midrib. The flowers are large, pink coloured and 

 sweet scented. The fruit is rather small for the genus, quite 

 smooth and not ribbed or winged. 



It is common all over the Peninsula. 



The timber is good and strong being suitable for bridges and 

 house building. It is dark brown in colour with rather large pores, 

 and fine rays not very close but rather irregularly placed, the rings 

 are obscure. It is a fairly heavy wood. 



The oil is known as Minyak Keruing Bulu. Weight 62 lbs. 2 ozs. 

 (Maingay), S. 25 lbs. 6 ozs. • 



The bark is used for house building. 



Shorea leprosula, Miq. Seraya Batu. 



Shorea Meranti Burk. 



A lofty tree over 100 feet tall, the stem straight about three feet 

 through with thick but low buttresses. Bark grey rough longitud- 

 inally flaking. Leaves oblong with broad bases five inches long 

 and two-and-a-half wide or smaller, light shining green, with 13 

 pairs of veins smooth above and rough beneath with numerous 

 transverse nervules connecting the veins, especially conspicuous 

 beneath where the nerves and midrib are also thickened. The 

 petiole is short and thick about half an inch long. It is roughened 

 with small red points visible with a lens. The whole leaf has a 

 rough feel, due to some remarkable tufts of short hairs visible un- 

 der the microscope. The flowers are small and white. 



