INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Pithecolobium acle (Blanco) Vid. Acle. 
Philippines. 
Moderately heavy and hard. Sapwood whitish; heartwood dark- 
brown, like English walnut. Decidedly peppery odor when worked. 
Very fine furniture wood. 
Gard. 63; Phil. Woods 369. 
Other species of Pithecolobium, so far as seen, may be grouped here: P. dulce 
Benth; P. acutum Benth.; P. lobatuui Benth., Becc. 676; P. montanum Benth., 
E.-Pr. 3 3 :105.; P. prainianum Men - .; P. scutiferum (Blanco) Benth., and P. 
subacutum Benth. 
Tamarindus indica L. Tamarind. 
Africa, India, Burma, Ceylon, Malaya; widely cultivated in the tropics. 
Hard and very heavy. Sapwood yellowish-white, sometimes with red 
streaks; heartwood dark-purplish-brown. Eipple marks on longitudinal 
section. Very durable, insect proof. Turnery and charcoal. 
Gamb. 278; Nord. V; Watt Diet. 6 4 :409; E.-Pr. 3 3 :140. 
Wallaceodendron celebicum Ivoord. Banuyo (Phil.) ; kayu-besi-prempuan 
(M.). 
Celebes and the Philippines. 
Moderately heavy and moderately hard. Similar to acle in appearance 
and sometimes substituted for it. 
Phil. Woods 376; Gard. 65 ; Ivoorders Meded. ’s Lands Plant. 19 (1898) 446-448. 
Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) Taub. (X. dolabriformis Benth.) . Pyingadu; “iron- 
wood;” cam-xe (Cochin China). 
India and Burma to Cochin China. 
After teak the most important wood of Burma. Very hard and 
very heavy, cross-grained. Heartwood dark-brown or reddish-brown. In 
fresh condition, the vessels secreting an adhesive substance. Not attacked 
by termites. A splendid material for ship and house construction, railway 
sleepers, paving blocks, tent-pegs, telegraph poles, agricultural imple- 
ments, carts, tool handles, piling, bridge building, etc. 
Watt Diet. 6 4 :320, Agricultural Ledger (1899) no. 11, 1-21; Sender 691; 
Gamb. 285-287, tab. VI, fig. 5; Nord. IX, IV ( Inga xylocarpa) ; Boulger 123. 
Sometimes said to be the same as acle. It is much heavier than that wood 
and is suited for different purposes. 
ACACIA-CASSIA TYPE. 
Cassia fistula L. Cana fistula (Phil.) ; “Indian laburnum;” sundali (Beng.). 
India, China and Malaya; widespread and widely cultivated. 
Wood very hard and very heavy. Sapwood large; heartwood varying 
in color from gray or yellowish-red to brick-red; darkens much on 
exposure. Durable but brittle, difficult to work, apt to splinter. The 
wood is distinguished from that of the otherwise similar Ougeinia dal- 
bergioides- by the arrangement of the parenchyma in unbroken, girdle- 
forming zones, while that of the last named forms distinctly divided 
