INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Dalbergia Iatifolia Roxb. “Indian rosewood;” “blackwood” in southern 
India. 
British India, Java, Andaman Islands. 
Wood very hard and very heavy. Sap wood yellow, small; heartwood 
dark-purple, with black longitudinal streaks. Wood with distinct rose- 
like odor. The best wood of India for furniture and cabinet work. 
Exported to the London market. Seems to be the material used in 
the manufacture of blackwood furniture in Hongkong and Canton. 
Gamb. 250-252, tab. VI, fig. 1; Nord. VII; Van Eed. 94; Stone 63, pi. V. 
fig. 37; Watt Diet. 3:9; E.-Pr. 3 3 :336; Iv. & V. 2:77-82; Holtzapffel 83. 
Dalbergia oliveri Gamble. Tamalan. 
Burma. 
Hard and very hard, close-grained. Sapwood white; heartwood dark- 
red-brown, in color like good paclouk. A very handsome wood very like 
some of the South American rosewoods. It is used for ax handles. 
Gamb. 256. 
Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Sissu. 
British India. 
Very hard and heavy. Sapwood small, white; heartwood brown, with 
darker longitudinal veins. Shipbuilding and furniture. 
Gamb. 247-249; Nord. IV; Watt Diet. 3:15; E.-Pr. 3 3 :336; Holtzapffel 106. 
Dialium indum L. Kranji. 
Java. 
Very hard and heavy wood, durable. Heartwood usually of a reddish 
color. Used for heavy structural work and in places where great strength 
and hardness are required. A number of other species of Dialium occur 
in British India, the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago. They 
usually occur as scattered individuals. 
Newt. 5; Ridl. 138; E.-Pr. 3 3 : 1 55 ; Gamb. 275; Van Eed. 105; Bargagli- 
Petrucci 30-32, tab. VI. 
Koompassia beccariana Taub. Kumpas; mingris. 
Borneo. 
Very hard and heavy; pale-reddish, not durable. 
Bargagli-Petrucei 28-30; Becc. 577. 
Koompassia excelsa (Becc.) Taub. (' Abauria excelsa Becc.). Tapang; kayu 
rajah; mangaris. 
Borneo. 
Very heavy and very hard. Sapwood yellowish-white ; heartwood dark- 
red, becoming almost black with age. The buttresses of this tree are 
used for table tops. Wood used for carving paddles and for making 
the pans used in the hand washing of gold. Strong but very brittle. 
Becc. 576; Bargagli-Petrucei 24, pi. VI. 
