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FOXWORTHY. 
Helicia. This genus has quite a number of species in this region, but 
they are not commonly found with large; numbers of individuals. 
Helicia excelsa Bl. Membatu laiang. 
Malay Peninsula. 
A moderately hard and heavy wood. 
Ridl. 248. 
Helicia petiolaris Benn. Gong; putat tepi. 
Malay Peninsula. 
Very heavy and hard, used in house building. 
Ridl. 248. 
Helicia philippinensis Meissn. Plate XXII, fig. 9. 
Philippines. 
Usually well up in the mountains and does not occur in quantity. 
Helicia robusta Wall. 
British India and Malaya. 
A hard and heavy wood which is used for house building. 
Gamb. 575. 
Helicia sp. ? Plate XXII, fig. 10. K’runtum; Semaior daun basa (M.). 
Sarawak. 
I am not at all sure of the determination of this wood, but its 
structure seems closest to Helicia. This is an important wood in northern 
Sarawak. It is hard and heavy, reddish, coarse-grained and durable. 
It is used in house building. 
SANTALACETU 
Exocarpus latifolius R. Br. 
Australia and the Malay Archipelago. 
Heartwood said to provide a substitute for sandalwood. (See p. 432.) 
Santalum album L. White or yellow sandalwood; chandan, sandal (Hind.) ; 
santagu (Burm.) ; sandana (Philippines and Borneo). 
British India and Malaya. 
Wood yellow, reddish in spots, with alternate lighter and darker 
(reddish) zones and inconspicuous vessels and pith-rays. The wood has 
a strong, penetrating, aromatic odor when first cut and this is stronger 
the darker the wood. Uniformly dense, moderately hard and heavy. 
Used from the most ancient times as incense for idols and the manufac- 
ture of oil, as well as for the manufacture of small ornaments. (See 
p. 432 for discussion of sandalwoods.) 
Gamb. 585-588; Wiesner 2:908; Nord. XI; Stone 191. 
Santalum freycinetianum Gaudicli. and other species of the Hawaiian Islands 
also furnish some of the white and yellow sandalwood of commerce. 
