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AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES, 



No. 4.] JANUARY, 1902. [Vol. i. 



THE TIMBERS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 



Continued. 



Leguminossc. 



A large order, chiefly of shrubs, herbs and climbers of no value 

 as timbers, together with a number of trees some of which are 

 among our most valuable woods. 



Millettia atropurpurea, Benth. Tulang Daeng. 

 A big tree with purple flowers and large pods and seeds. Tim- 

 ber of little value dark brown, poor. (Maingay under the name 

 Russak describes the wood as very pale lemon and hard, probably 

 the description applies to one of the real Russaks Vatica). The 

 Malays say it is quite worthless, and that it derives its name (Fish 

 bones) from the fact that it is only fit to throw away. Common all 

 over the Peninsula. 



Erythrina strict a, E. lithosperma, Miq. and other species, 



are often cultivated as shade trees, and for growing pepper on. 

 The wood of these trees is soft and white, and considered useless 

 here even as firewood. E. indica, Lam ; is said by Gamble to be 

 used for light boxes, trays, toys*, etc. Weight 17 lbs. to 26 lbs. 

 The various specious are known as Dadap. 



Pongamia glabra, Vent. Kachang Kayu Laut, Malapari. 



A sea-shore tree with pink flowers, usually short and irregular 

 in growth, but sometimes attaining a height of about 40 feet. The 

 wood is white or reddish, moderately hard, not durable. It is used 

 for cartwheels, and oil mills in India, and in house building here, 

 but is of little value. 



Pterocarpus indicus, Willd. Angsana, Sena. 

 A large tree attaining a great thickness of stem but not lofty, 

 well known as an ornamental tree here of fairly rapid growth, and 

 propagated either from seed or from large cuttings, about an inch, 

 through. Trees of very large size may be seen in and about the 

 older towns and villages, such as Penang, Malacca and Kwala 

 Selangor and it may be wild in Malacca. The wood is brown, 



