INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Hardwickia binata Roxb. Anjan. 
Southern India. 
Very hard and very heavy. One of the hardest and most durable of 
Indian woods. House and bridge building and cabinet work. 
Gamb. 276; Nord. XI; Watt Diet. 4:13. 
Kingiodendron alternifolium (Elm.) Merr. & Rolfe ( Hardwickia alterni- 
folia Elm.). Plate XXIV, fig. 29. Batete. 
Philippines. 
Moderately heavy and hard. Reddish-brown, much stained by the oil 
contained in the wood. Easily worked, but not very durable. Used for 
furniture and house building. 
Phil. Woods 275. 
Kingiodendron pinnatum (Roxb.) Harms. (Hardwickia pinnata Roxb.) 
Kolavu. 
British India. 
Moderately hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood large; heartwood 
dark-red or reddish-brown, exuding a red sticky resin. Building. 
Gamb. 277. 
Sindora coch i nch i nensis Baill. Plate XXIII, fig. 24. Cay-go; go-mat; 
go ta-hi. 
Cochin China. 
Uncommonly hard, black or dark-brown, and valuable wood. Used 
wherever strength and durability are desired. One of the most valuable 
woods of Cochin China; very fine furniture, house posts, bridges, boats, 
carriage building. Most valuable for cabinet work because of its very 
fine color and the ease with which it polishes. 
E.-Pr. Nachtr. 195; Pierre 385. 
Sindora intermedia Baker. Petir; sapetir. 
Borneo. 
Wood hard and moderately heavy; light reddish-brown. House build- 
ing ; said to be very durable. 
Sindora sumatrana Miq. Sindoer; saparantu; sapetir. 
Borneo, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula. 
Moderately hard and moderately heavy. Sapwood rather large ; heart- 
wood reddish or yellowish-brown, with occasional lines marked by oil. 
Said to be quite durable. Used in house construction. Oil collected by 
use of fire. 
Van Eed. 108; K. & V. 2:45-47. 
Sindora supa Merr. Supa. 
Philippines. 
Dark brownish-yellow, heavy and hard. Wood used for furniture and 
construction. Oil collected as in the preceding. 
Gard. 60; Phil. Woods 393. 
