FRUIT & FOHEST TREES. 



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Names & Descriptions of Woods. 



|i?nrn?ii in '1 

 feet long 

 :md I inch 



When pur into » fmmc 

 iitolies wide, 1 inch 

 r<-ittinn on vairli aide and 

 n weight rfuspcndbd n 

 the middle, the bor* 

 broke nude r — 



and its it sinks in water is used to make 

 anchors. 



04. Setat— a tree having a red hark 

 which is called by the Burmese " cbekha" 

 and is used to eat alone with betel leaf. 

 It is sold at Junkceylon at ti Drs. the picul. 

 It is a very scarce tree litre 



93, K. Sntjflm—* hard wood used for 

 house-building. .«■••. - 



96. Nunka or Jack— is well kuown. 

 Its wood is not much use. I here. 



97. Bittwt — grow9 in mangrove jungle; 

 fawn coloured ; of little use 



98. AUddttng liungtt— fawn-coloured 

 wood, not durable if exposed 



99. A'. Muralitin 



100. Kranam — a creeper, medicinal.. . 



101. Bayor — used for boat-building, 

 not very much priied 



102. Tumatmg— high trw, grain yel- 

 lowish, pood for house -noM*, very durably 

 next to Tnmraassoo for this purpose. . 



103. TuwptHce pu/iA— not so good asj 

 Ih | dark Tumpenes 



104. Chirmci Bttrmg — small tree, its 

 leaves are u^d in medicine & given to lying 

 in women, At externally, in certain cutaneous 

 ulVtrctions. Birds are very fond ofiis seeds. 



105. K. Tunmk bukit — for plunks, 

 bopt-buildinR, wood while 



106. Mengoopoot — reckoned nearly 

 equal to Twnpenti. It \* dark coloured . . 



107. JrWei — whitewood forplauk&.ouly. 

 100. Julutong — tery white. These 



woods are chiefly uted hy undertakers. 



109. Languid— for fire wood, *tnks in 

 water 



tio. K. K<tltd«»g—\:ir$e tree, used in 

 boat-build ing", dark coloured . . 



HI. Nib>mg~ C aryo: a u reus — is ;i spe- 

 cies of palm. The wood fa vduable for 

 bouse- post* and rafters, hulie*, fee. ; grows 

 in marshy places. It is very hi d and fi- 

 brous, as is its fracture 



lit. Tumtnak— for ships* planks. 



1 ) :\ . Marooituga — The gu i land irta mo- 

 riuga of Lin : am J Bengal 



113, Stijirtaw Kamtxtngei— a tree hav- 

 ing a root of a pungent flavor, resembling 

 horse-radish, for wfuch it h substituted. 

 The natives eat both the leaves and pode 

 The latter form a vjtxni Cable vegetable. . . 



115. Batftts— is a tree of the palm tribe 

 which grows" on the bills and is put to the 

 same purposes as die Nibongnnd is reckon- 

 ed stronger 



lib'. — Hwtaro— Carbarn of Lin : yield 

 a deleterious milky juice 



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