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A. odorata, Lour. 



Small tree cultivated for its sweet flowers, native of China. 

 Wood rather light reddish brown, rings narrow fairly distinct, 

 pores exceedingly numerous very small, arranged in rows parallel 

 to the rings, rays very obscure, concentric rings very fine and 

 numerous. Weight 76 lbs. 9 ozs. 



A. argentea, Bl. Modu. 



A fair sized tree~not very common. Used for house beams but 

 not very good. 



Carapa molnccensis Lam, " Nireh. " " Nireh Batu. " 



A common tree in mangrove swamps with stiff ovate leaflets, 

 small sweet scented white flowers and large brown fruits nearly a 

 foot through, globose, with a rather thin rind and curious angled 

 corky seeds. 



The bark is red and flakes off, falling in piles at the foot of the 

 tree. It is very astringent and an extract of it is valuable in cases 

 of dysentery. 



The tree is seldom tall or straight and old ones nearly always 

 have a hollow up the middle, so that it is seldom used except as 

 firewood or for small work. Fair sized beams can, however, be got. 

 The wood is dark red or deep brown when old, very heavy and 

 hard, the rays very close and fine, the pores few and not very large. 

 Weight 63 lbs. 6 ozs. 



Were it possible to get good straight beams of this of sufficiently 

 large size it would be a very valuable wood. It resists water and 

 lasts a long time. 



As firewood it is especially used for splitting granite, two or 

 three billets being placed on the rock, and allowed to smoulder for 

 some time after which water thrown on the heated rock causes it to 

 split. 



The Crab-oil tree Carapa guy anensis, a South American tree of 

 great repute as a timber, and producing an oil, seems to grow 

 remarkably well here. The trees attaining a great height and 

 growing fast and steadily, and quite straight. 



Cedrela Toona, Roxb. 



This Indian tree has been planted here in some quantity, and 

 makes fairly fast growth in good soil. 



The wood is red soft and open grained, durable and not eaten 

 by white ants and used for furniture door panels, carving, and tea 

 boxes, in India (Gamble.) 



C.febrifuga. 



Occurs here and there in the Peninsula where it has been planted 

 by Klings. 



Chickrassia tabular is, Juss. Chittagong wood. 



A large tree with a yellowish or reddish brown wood with a 

 satiny lustre used in India for furniture, is recorded in the mate- 

 rials for a flora of the Malay Peninsula as collected in Malacca by 

 Maingav, but doubtless planted. 



