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Forest Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
Name. 
Weight. 
Heart wood. 
Alburnum. 
From Tete —contd. 
Minava (used for con- 
Yellow 
struction) . 
Medium . 
Muaboi (used for furniture) 
Medium . 
None .... 
Buff 
Mucheteco (used for con- 
Red-purple . 
Buff 
struction) 
Heavy . 
Medium . 
None .... 
Buff 
Mu-kuruti 
Heavy . 
Purple-brown 
Yellowish .... 
Nonde or Munonde, 
Yellow, with black coarse bundles 
(used for boards, &c.) 
Medium . 
Black, small 
Mtobue, (used for 
Buff 
Heavy . 
Medium. 
Reddish-purple . 
Cassacoroe . 
None .... 
Reddish-purple, flecked with yellow 
Mtone .... 
Medium . 
None .... 
Yellowish-white 
M towd . 
Very light 
None .... 
Yellowish .... 
Mukungani . 
Heavy . 
Purple-brown 
Yellowish, small 
M’sichire (used for furni- 
Purplish .... 
ture, &c.) . 
Heavy . 
None .... 
Mussinhica (used for 
Purplish .... 
charcoal) . 
Heavy . 
Black, small . 
Gobobo (medicinal) 
Medium . 
Purplish 
Buff 
Mu kuo kuo (charcoal). 
Heavy . 
Indistinct 
Purplish-yellow 
Muquia or Mucud 
Light . 
Indistinct 
Purplish-yellow, with dark waves 
Matacha 
Medium . 
Red-purple with black 
flecks 
Reddish .... 
Chaumbo 
Medium . 
Indistinct purple waves 
Reddish .... 
Kadibassa 
Heavy . 
Brown-red . 
Mauve-cream .... 
Mtendza 
Medium . 
Olive-brown . 
Buff-yellow, flecked 
Nhacosondze or Nhac- 
Yellowish .... 
assanga 
Medium . 
None .... 
Kakata 
Medium . 
None .... 
Yellowish .... 
Mutacha 
Medium . 
Brown .... 
Yellowish .... 
Cadzive 
Heavy . 
Black .... 
Buff 
Nhafmfia 
Light . 
Indistinct 
BufT 
From Mozambique. 
Brownish-buff 
I.odo .... 
Medium . 
None .... 
Mapige 
Medium . 
None .... 
Yellow, with purple bundles . 
Cdrordquc . 
Medium . 
(Hollow) 
Yellow, dark . 
Mlorga 
Medium . 
None .... 
Olive-yellow .... 
Mutolo 
Medium . 
Red-purple . 
Mauve-buff .... 
Nipuere 
Light . 
None .... 
Yellow, with dark bundles 
Feza .... 
Medium . 
Purplish-brown 
Buff 
Melipalipa . 
Heavy . 
None .... 
Dull yellow, with waves . 
Marribo 
1 .ight 
None .... 
Yellow-buff .... 
Macu .... 
Medium . 
None .... 
Yellow-buff .... 
Bebdda 
Medium . 
Indistinct, purplish-red . 
Yellow 
Mceto .... 
Medium . 
None .... 
Purplish-buff, flecked and clouded 
Grain. 
Coarse, porous . 
Fine . 
Coarse 
Very coarse, porous 
Medium 
Fine . 
Coarse 
Fine . 
Fine, satiny 
Medium, with large pores 
Medium 
Fine, flecked 
Coarse 
Medium, satiny . 
Fine . 
Medium 
Fine . 
Fine, flaky . 
Medium 
Coarse 
Fine, satiny, irregular 
Fine . 
Fine . 
Medium, wavy . 
Coarse 
Medium 
Medium 
Fine, satiny, hard 
Coarse, with large bundles 
Medium 
Medium 
Medium 
Fine, satiny, handsome 
Coarse 
Coarse, porous . 
Fine, flecked 
Medium 
Bark. 
Thick. 
Medium. 
Ridged. 
Thick. 
Medium. 
Very thin. 
Thin. 
Medium, rough. 
Thick. 
Smooth, red. 
Thin. 
Medium. 
Medium. 
Medium, rough. 
Medium. 
Medium. 
Thick, ridged. 
Medium. 
Medium, rough. 
Medium, fibrous. 
Medium. 
Medium. 
Thin. 
Thin. 
Medium, grey. 
Leathery. 
Medium. 
Very thin. 
Medium. 
Medium. 
Thin, fibrous. 
Medium. 
Thick. 
Thick, smooth. 
Thin, whitish. 
Thin. 
