INDIA, BURMA, AND ANDAMAN ISLANDS 
even-grained. It is a very hard, durable timber, used for 
canoes and building, and also for tool handles and planes. 
Sometimes called Itchwood owing to the itching caused 
when its chips or bark are rubbed against the sldn. 
Weight 56 to 64 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Ingyin {Pentacme suavis or P. siamcnsis) is a large tree, 
found amongst the teak in Burma and other places, which 
yields a heavy, very hard, close-grained timber, somewhat 
resembling sal in structure and colour, and much prized for 
its durability. It is used for building. 
Weight 54 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Cangu {Shorea timbuggaia) also goes by other names. It 
is found in the South Deccan, and after the red sanders is 
the most valuable and useful tree of the Cuddapah forests 
and specially appreciated for house posts ; it is harder than 
sal, though of similar structure and much smoother. 
Weight 66 to 70 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Che {Semecavpus pandurata) is the Burmese name of a 
deciduous tree, common in the upper mixed forests of 
Burma. The wood is soft, greyish brown in colour, often 
with yellow streaks, and shows no annual rings ; it con- 
tains an acrid juice, which causes swelling and irritation, 
and timber-cutters object to felling it. Occasionally some 
of it comes in the shape of planks into the English 
market. 
Weight about 37 lbs. per cubic foot, 
In the Himalayas are to be found a profusion of fine pine 
timbers, amongst which are the following : — 
The Bhotan Pine or Blue Pine {Pinus excelsa) is not unlike 
the P. strohiis of North America and grows to a height of 
100 ft. The heartwood is of reddish colour, very compact 
