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bosa, E. aquea, are cultivated and commonly known as Rose-apples 

 (Jambu). 



The timbers are usually good, and some are exceptionally so, 

 and can be used for house or ship building. As a rule the species 

 with small leaves and flowers (the section syzigium, the Kayu Kelat 

 of the Malays) have harder and better wood than the large flowered 

 Jambosas (Jambu). 



E. grana 7 is , Wight. Jambu Ayer Laut, Krian. 



A very fine large tree attaining a height of 60 feet and a diame- 

 ter of 2 feet, with light coloured whitish bark hard ovate dark green 

 leaves polished in the upper surface, large white flowers in big 

 corymbs and single seeded green fruit about an inch long. This 

 tree is usually to be met with near the sea in a wild state but it has 

 been much used as a road side tree in Singapore and is now widely 

 scattered over the island. It is to be met with all over the Penin- 

 sula as far north as Lankawi. It will grow in very poor soil, but 

 very damp spots do not suit it, as it is very liable to the attacks of 

 a fungus which causes the bark to crack and split off and beginning 

 usually at the foot of the tree gradually creeps up, till the tree is 

 destroyed. The tree grows fast from seed and will resist fire very 

 well. It is well suited for making fire guards in country liable to 

 grass fires, as it will not burn, and soon recovers any damage from 

 fire. A belt of about twenty feet closely planted will stop almost 

 any grass and scrub fire. 



The wood is light brown in colour fairly heavy and not very 

 hard, with moderate sized pores in short concentric light coloured 

 bands and distinct rings marked by dark hard wood with few or 

 no pores. 



It is used in boat building, and for house beams etc. and is very 

 fairly durable. Weight 51-52 lbs. (Gamble), 35 lbs. 2 ozs. to 53 lbs. 

 10 ozs. Average 42 lbs. 



E. lepidocarpa, Wall. Samak. 



Is a rather smaller tree with thicker, shorter and broader very 

 dark green polished leaves, smaller white flowers, with the ovary 

 ribbed. It is also a sea shore tree, and is very common in the 

 South of the Peninsula at least. 



The bark is used for tanning, The wood is fairly heavy and 

 hard, close grained and deep brown, with numerous fairly small 

 pores, very fine rays, and obscure rings. A good useful wood but 

 not as a rule very large. Weight 48 lbs. 



E. mop hy I la, Roxb. 

 A closely allied plant, much less common, has very similar wood 

 but less coarse in texture. Weight 56 lbs. 7 ozs. 



E. malaccensis, L. Jambu Bol. 



A very handsome tree with large crimson flowers borne on the 

 branches in tufts, and large white or pink fruit commonly cultivat- 

 ed for eating, has brown wood with moderately large pores. 



Jt is harder than that of the Krian (E. grandis) but the tree 

 is shorter and does not supply large enough beams to be of much 



