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Wood rather light coloured with a darker reddish heart, some- 

 times dark brown, rings distinct pores few small scattered, con- 

 centric lines numerous wavy distinct. 



Durable and fairly heavy sinking in water used for posts and 

 beams, of which 6 to 10 inches square are obtainable. Weight 

 10 Ifcs. 4 ozs.. 



B. macrophylla, Griff, Kadongan. 

 A fairly large tree, cultivated for its fruits. 



Wood yellowish white becoming brown towards its centre fairly 

 hard, does not split in drying. Used for Kris-scabbards, (Maingay) 

 Weight 58 lbs. 4! ozs. (Maingay). 



Anacatdium occidentale, L. Cashew nut, Gajus 

 Cultivated and half wild, a small tree about 20 feet tall, much 

 branched. Wood soft light brown, pores large and few, rays fine. 

 A poor wood used for packing cases, boats and charcoal, in India. 

 Weight (S.) 23 lbs. 10 ozs. 



Odin a Wodier, Roxb. 



Introduced from India is a rapid growing tree raised easily from 

 cuttings. The w T ood is used for various small purposes such as 

 spear shafts, scabbard, wheel spokes, cattle yokes, etc., in India 

 (Gamble) and for rice pounders in Java (Van Eeden). 



It has much sapwood and light red heart-wood turning reddish 

 brown on exposure, moderately hard, seasons well and does no; 

 warp (Gamble). It also produces much gum used for many pur- 

 poses in India. 



Weight averages 50 to 60 lbs. (Gamble). 



This tree might be worth planting by road sides, etc. 

 Spondias mangifera, Pers. The Hog-plum and S. du/cis, Forst. 



Sometimes planted for their fruit, have soft white useless wood. 



Mangifera. 



There are upwards of twenty kinds of Mango in the Malay 

 Peninsula. Many of which are but little known on account of the 

 great size of the tr< es the flowers and fruit of which are almost 

 inaccessible, several, however, are well known native fruits, such 

 as the Lanjoot, Bachang and Binjai. 



M. indica L. The Mango. Mang^a. 



Is often cultivated here but seldom attains any great size as it is 

 very liable to the attacks of insects especially boring caterpillars. 

 The wood is fairly heavy yellowish white, rather soft, pores large 

 and few, rays very fine and close, rings distinct. Weight 38 to 48 

 tb"s (Gamble) S. 29 Tbs. 



Not used here, but used in India for planking, doors, window 

 frames, boxes, canoes, etc. (Gamble). 



M. co e si a, Jack Binjai. 

 A very large tree, with great masses of pale pink flowers very 

 handsome. 



The wood is light red, marbled with yellow. The rings are dis- 



