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FOXWORTHY. 
Bauhinia purpurea L. 
India, Ceylon, Java. 
A moderately hard structural wood. 
Watt Diet. 1 : 422 ; E.-Pr. 3 3 : 151 ; Gamb. 283, tab. VI, fig. Nord. X. 
Bauhinia retusa Ham. Semla. 
Wood hard and very heavy, red, with irregular dark-red or black 
patches and streaks near the center. 
Gamb. 282; Nord. X. 
Bauhinia tomentosa L. 
India and Ceylon to China and the Malay Archipelago; Africa. 
The firm white wood is used for handles and sheaths for weapons. 
E.-Pr. 3 3 : 149. 
Bauhinia variegata L. 
India and China- 
Gray, moderately hard wood, used in making agricultural implements. 
Watt Diet. 1:426; E.-Pr. 3 3 : 151. 
Crudia blancoi Rolfe. Big-biga. 
Philippines. 
Hard and heavy, not durable. Used locally in house building. 
Cynometra inaequifolia A. Gray. Bulankan; melankan katong (M.). 
Philippines and the Malay Peninsula. 
Hard and heavy, durable. House building. 
Ridl. 139. 
Cynometra ramiflora L. Shungra (Beng. ) ; myinkabin (Burm. ) ; gal men- 
dora ( Cing. ) . 
Southern India and Ceylon to Burma and the Andaman Islands. 
Wood red, hard, close-grained, very heavy. House and cart building. 
Pierre 389; Watt Diet. 2:682; Gamb. 275; K. & V. 2:49-51. 
Derris cumingii Benth. Malacadios. 
Philippines. 
Hard and heavy, light-colored, durable. House building, etc. 
Derris robusta Benth. ( Deguelia robusta Taub.). 
India and Burma. 
Wood light-brown, hard and heavy. Tea chests. 
Gamb. 263; Watt Diet. 3:81. 
Pongamia glabra Vent. (Galedupa pinnata Taub.) Bansu (M.). 
Tropical forests, Ceylon to Australia. 
White, turning yellow on exposure. Moderately hard and moderately 
heavy. Hot. durable. Very distinct transverse markings on longitudinal 
section. 
Watt Diet. 3:81; Gamb. 262; Ridl. 135; Van Eed. 97; K. & V. 2:93-96; 
Bargagli-Petrucci 22, tab. V ; Becc. 576. 
