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Andaman s. The wood varies a good deal in strength and 
weight, but is very useful, and of late a good deal has been 
sent to the London market. The " burrs " are specially 
valuable and bring fancy prices. It is the " East Indian 
walnut" of the European market. Logs cut in the 
Andamans give about 50 ft. length by about 3 ft. a side ; 
the wood seasons, works, and polishes, well, and is fairly 
durable. Used for sugar-cane crushers, furniture, well 
curbs, and wheel work, and in South India for boats ; in 
the Andamans it is employed for building generally, and 
especially for house posts. 
Weight 40 to 60 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Chugla,n (Myristicairya), called Maloh in Burma, Chuglan 
being the Andaman and Iriya the Cingalese name. It is a 
moderate-sized evergreen, producing a dark olive green, 
hard, handsome wood, which seasons well and takes a good 
pohsh. In the Andamans it is chiefly used for furniture. 
Weight about 52 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Kaita-da {Artocarpus chaplasha), an Andaman wood which 
is also found in Assam and Bengal, called Sam in the 
former and Chaplash in the latter district. The colour 
varies from yellow to brown ; it is moderately hard, even 
grained, durable, and seasons well. Good for furniture ; it 
looks when pohshed like coarse satinwood ; it is also used 
for doors, door frames, and general building. This wood 
neither cracks nor warps in seasoning, and is not much 
attacked by white ant. 
Weight about 30 to 35 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Laknch {A. laJcoucha) is a white, soft, and perishable 
timber of yellow colour, turning to dark brown on exposure. 
Much used for building in the Andamans, it is in some places 
highly prized, but is more important as a fruit than timber 
