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strength 5'1 tons, and coefficient of elasticity 495 tons per 
square inch. 
Weight about 50 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Anjan {Hardwickia binata) is a large deciduous tree which 
produces one of the hardest and heaviest of Indian woods. 
Heartwood dark red streaked with black, often with purple 
tinge, cross grained and very close. Extremely durable, it 
lasts well in the ground as sleepers and is appreciated for 
naves of cart wheels and ploughshares ; it is liable to split, 
but does not warp. The tree is getting rather scarce. The 
pores are well filled with resin, the medullary rays fine and 
numerous. 
Weight about 82 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Eng or In {Dipterocavjnis tuherciilatits) is one of the oil- 
bearing trees whose timber is in considerable demand for 
boat and house building. It is slightly reddish brown in 
colour and of a hard nature. It grows plentifully in India 
and Burma, and a small quantity of eng planks are brought 
into the Clyde and other British ports each year. 
Weight 50 to 59 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Gurjun {Di-pterocarpus turhinatus) is another of the oil- 
bearing trees of India. A lofty evergreen sometimes 
attaining a height of over 200 ft., it gives a wood of a red 
brown colour, but the timber is soon destroyed by the 
white ants, and it is not much appreciated in India, though 
used for house-building to a small extent, and a few gurjun 
planks come occasionally to the English market, probably 
as stowage. The tree grows on the Chittagong hills, in 
Burma, and the Andaman Islands. 
Weight about 38 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Boxwood {Buxiis sempervireus) is a small tree found in 
different parts of India which yields a wood of yellowish 
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