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The timber described hy Howard Newton as Kelat may be from 

 this species but the pores are more definitely arranged in rows 

 than in this or any other species I know of. He says of it that 

 it is not very highly esteemed, but still is possessed of fair average 

 transverse strength. It is close grained, durable and not more 

 difficult to work than Daru. 



Among other good species may be mentioned, E. acuminatis- 

 sima, Kurz. Kelat asam, attaining a height of jO feet, E. subdecus- 

 sata, Wall. 60 feet, giving beams 5 or 6 inches square, of dark red 

 heavy timber, E. conglomerata, Duthie. Selembat, from 30 to 60 feet 

 tall, a very fine tree. E. nitida Duthie. a good hard wood rather 

 light in colour with few pores. Weight 49 lbs. 3 ozs. 



E. sp. with rather thin large leaves and white flowers in tufts 

 on the old wood of the branches, with rather light coloured brown 

 wood, close grained and heavy. E. pustulata, Duthie. Gelam Tikus, 

 a tree with red flaky bark and very large stiff opposite sessile 

 leaves, growing in wet spots in jungle. 



Barringtonia, Putat. 

 Small to medium sized trees, usually growing near tidal rivers. 

 The timber is usually soft and pithy, white or brownish with large 

 and numerous pores and irregular rays. Very useless woods. 

 Van Eden, however, says that B. racemosa, Bl. and B. speciosa, 

 have hard durable wood used for house posts. 

 Barringtonia sp. Johore Putat. W 7 eight 21 lbs. 15 ozs. 

 ,, ,, Putat Manaun „ 20 lbs. 3 ozs. 



Melastomaceae. 



Comparatively few of this order are trees of sufficient size to 

 produce timber of any value, being most shrubs or herbaceous 

 plants. 



Melastoma 7nalabathricum L, the Senduduk and 

 M. decemfidum, Jack. 



are shrubs w r ith very irregular wood, the fibres being wavy, and 

 broken up. The pores are rather large and scanty, the rays fine. 

 The wood is yellow or red rather irregularly coloured, but it is too 

 small and difficult to cut to be of any use even for cabinet work. 



Pternandra echinata, Jack. Medang malukut, 



Is a common tree with pale blue flowers. It attains no great 

 size, usually about 30 feet tall and one foot through. The wood is 

 close grained rather heavy and of a reddish brown colour, the pores 

 are small and the rays very fine. Weight 41 lbs. 1 if ozs. (Maingay), 

 S. 33 lbs. to 57 lbs. 12 ozs. 



Pt. coerulescens, Jack. 



Is a small irregular tree with veined ovate leaves and small blue 

 flowers. The wood is rather light, of a pale brown colour with 

 irregular obscure rings, rather large pores and fine rays. Weight 

 18 lbs. 6 ozs. to 19 lbs. 2 ozs. 



