The Timbers. 
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Chintomane (6), Maba natalensis. A fairly compact, nearly white timber, with smooth unfissured bark. Seldom a large tree. 
Chailo (6), Ficus utihs. Timber reddish, reasonably compact, somewhat greasy, quite tit for boards, &c. Rings about 12 nun. apart but with many fine intermediate 
rings. Rays and pores not evident; weight about 40 lbs. Specimens bored by small borer. This might make useful softwood boards. 
Manyanhe or Inyanhe (6). Log 15 c.m. diameter with 10 c.m. black heart-wood and yellowish white sapwood, all somewhat spongy, but heart- wood greasy and looks 
lasting. Too soft for boards, and somewhat bored. A large tree; bark thin, unfissured, greenish. 
Fecamati (6). Log 24 c.m. diameter. A softwood of grey colour, good surface, and regular equality. Rings 5 m.m. apart, without intermediate rings; timber somewhat 
porous; bark thin, unfissured. A good board, better than Trichilia, lighter, of lighter colour, and mote consistent equality. 
Tsaru (6), Gymnosporia. Log 15 c.m. diameter from small tree. Colour grey; surface equal; weight 50 lbs. ; rings 12 m.m. apart; pores few. Bark smooth, uncracked. 
Mooia (6), Toddaha lanceolata. Yellowish-white timber of rather poor surface; weight about 55 lbs. ; rings 3 m.m. apart ; pores and rays not visible. Tough and strong; 
fit for boards, beams, handles, &c. Bark grey, rough, but not fissured. 
Gauda-sakena (6), Rhus sp. Log 10 c.m. diameter from small tree. Pretty, dense hardwood; weight 55 lbs. ; rings 2 m.m. apart, no intermediate markings; rays close 
and distinct; bark thin, unfissured and flaky. Would be useful if large enough. 
Marriba (6). A valuable hardwood from a large tree. Heart-wood which is three-fourths of diameter, dark-brown or nearly black, equal to walnut, but heavier and more 
equal, very hard, greasy, and used for axe handles; sapwood yellowish, softer. Rings 2 5 m.m. apart; no pores visible. Bark greenish-grey, not fissured; gets whiter 
on old tree, and tree gets to 60 c.m. diameter. This is not any of the trees having somewhat similar names in other districts. 
Nymara (6), perhaps Celtis Kraussiana. Light spongy timber, 40 lbs. weight, greyish yellow, with small dark heart-wood. Rings 1 2 m.m. apart, with about 6 intermediates. 
Rays and pores not evident. Bark dark-brown, flaky, not furrowed. 
Chicai (6), Acacia arabica. A heavy hardwood, grows along the river-banks, nearly black, streaked with grey, or pinkish; rings close; weight 55 to 60 lbs. Specimen log 
was 60 c.m. diameter. A strange timber, whose colour is against it for most purposes. 
Selecting from the above M’Chopes timbers their order of merit appears to be— 
Hardwoods— Mnebe, Chivari, Marriba, in-Saca-saca, Moanjwa, Cherole. 
Lighter hardwoods— Nungwane and Moatenjetu. 
Light woods — Dane and Sina. 
Very light — Oheso and Kuhla (Cusso). 
And Tchonge for walking sticks. 
Specimens from Quelimane — 
The following specimen logs were found in the Custom’s Office, Quelimane, as representing some of the best timbers of that district, and arc arranged in order from 
lightest to darkest colour. 
Mahonhe or Mugonha (10), Adina microcephala. A dark-grey timber of even grain, and solid texture. Pores few and short; rays absent; rings absent; without a 
flaw, working to a fine surface and taking varnish well. Weight about 50 lbs. per cubic foot. A timber of qualities apparently similar to yellow-wood (Podocarpus), 
but of more red colour, and closer grained. Found valuable in the Lebombos for wagon-work, &c., and obtainable in quantity of commercial size. 
Mutumbe (10, 11), Trichilia emetica. A pinkish-grey, even, characteristic timber, of light weight (40 lbs.) rather open texture, working to a fine surface, except for the 
pores. These are unusually large and long (almost as in teak) and contain a woolly pith. A useful light timber, obtainable throughout the Province, especially 
southward, in quantity and of large size, and might replace deals throughout South Africa, being of similar substance and weight, more dense, probably less heavy, 
more even, and without any apparent rings. 
