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wood, much used for planking, furniture, and box-making, 
and is occasionally imported into England in the shape of 
planks 2 to 4 inches thick. The annual rings are distinct. 
Weight 55 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Bintangor {Calophyllum inophylliim), a beautiful evergreen 
of small size, which usually grows near the sea, and does not 
thrive inland, yielding a close-grained smooth wood of red 
colour, variable in character, but a good deal used for 
sleepers, is much in demand for the sternposts of ships, as 
well as for piles and scaffolding, and is an excellent cabinet- 
makers' wood. There are some thirty species ; this is con- 
sidered the best. In Bengal it goes by the name of Pinnay, 
and in Ceylon Penaga. In the Andamans it may be had 
in logs up to 25 ft. and 18 inches square. Probably one of 
the trees from which the poon spars were obtained. 
Weight 42 to 59 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Eengas Manau (Melanoirhcea maingayo), often called 
Straits mahogany, is a fairly hard, dark red wood, coarse in 
quality ; the caustic resin it contains often causes Eengas 
poisoning amongst those working at the timber. Eengas is 
the Malay name applied to various trees of this species. 
There is little or none of this timber exported from the 
Malay States, but there is a good local demand in Singapore 
and other places. It is also found in Borneo, where it is 
called Borneo rosewood. It has very distinct dark rings. 
Djati is the Malay name for teak. Sourabaya is the port 
of shipment, and it is sometimes called by this name. It is 
a kind of teak which grows in Java, and is the only wood 
used there for sleepers, for which purpose it is very durable 
and gives great satisfaction, as white ants never attack it 
when used for this purpose owing to the shaking of the 
trains, but it is liable to attack when the sleepers are 
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