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M , glaucescens y Hook til. Singga Putih. 

 Attains a height of 60 to 80 feet. Beams 5 to 8 feet square can 

 be had. Wood red, used in building. 



M. racemosa, Bl. 

 Rather a rare tree. Wood poor and light, soft whitish brown. 

 Weight 20 lbs. 



Taurine. 



Nearly all in this order are trees some of considerable size, and 

 in the greater number the timber when sufficiently large is of good 

 quality, the chief exception here being in the genus Cinnamomum, 

 the wood of which is poor and bad. The timber has nearly always 

 a yellow tint, often whfii fresh of a bright yellow colour. The 

 name Medang is applied to a considerable number of the Laurinea^, 

 though a few timbers of other orders are cailed Medang, and the 

 name Mendong or Medong {Ekvocarpits) order Tiliarerr, is often 

 accidentally converted into Medang by error. 



Cryptocarva. 



Includes a number of trees often of considerable size. 



C. Grijfithiana, Wight. Sigun. Medang Buaya. 



A tall tree 60 to 65 feet in height. Wood close grained hard 

 and durable pores scattered small arranged in lines, rays very fine, 

 rings obscure, red heavy. Weight 36 lbs. to 51 lbs.. A good build- 

 ing wood. 



C. ferrea, Bl. Mumpat jantan. 



Attains a height of 80 feet, wood brownish, gives good beams. 

 Cinnamomum iners, Reinw. Kayu Man is Hutan. 



A small sized tree about 30 feet tall, with a stout trunk in old 

 specimens. Very common in secondary growth. The wood is 

 soft and usually white, the heartwood becoming brownish in older 

 trees. It is a tree of fairly rapid growth though never attaining 

 any great size. The bark is slightly aromatic and it and the fruits 

 are sometimes used as a spice by Malays. The wood is only useful 

 for firing. Weight 19 lbs. 5 ozs. to 40 lbs. 8 oz. Average 23 lbs. 



C. sulphnratum, Nees. Singgeh putih betina. 



A rarer species occurring in Selangor, is said to have good red 

 wood suitable for building. It attains a height of 50 or 60 feet and 

 gives beams 5 or 6 inches square. 



C. parthenoxylon, Meissn. Kayu Gadis. 



A tall straight tree with rough longitudinally furrowed bark, occurs 

 commonly in Penang and Perak. It grows about 40 feet tall. 



The wood is rather soft and brownish in colour with numerous 

 medium-sized pores, very fine rays and obscure rings. Weight 33 

 lbs. 4 ozs. A good ordinary building wood. 



Alseodaphne mnbelli flora > Hook Ml. Medang Loso. 

 A tree 30 to 40 feet tall, squaring to five or six inches, wood 

 durable good {■ r house work. 



