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FOXWORTHY. 
Citrus aurantium L. The orange; limau manis (M.). 
British India; cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics. 
Wood yellowish-white. Pores small, scanty, joined by white tangential 
lines, which occasionally join, forming concentric circles. Used in 
carving small ornaments. 
Gamb. 130; Nord. IV; also XI ( G . vulgaris Risso, and G. nobilis Lour.) ; Ridl. 
96; Van Eed. 55. 
Other species of the genus show similar structure and are similarly used. 
Feronia elephantum Correa. “Elephant” or “wood-apple;” kapittha; bilin. 
India, Ceylon. 
Yellowish- white, hard, structural wood. 
E.-Pr. 3 4 : 193 ; Watt Diet. 3:327; Gamb. 131; Nord. IX. 
Flindersia amboinensis Poir. 
Moluccas ( Ceram ) . 
Produces a good wood for some purposes. 
Murraya exotica L. Plate XXIV, fig. 36. Camuning; kamuning (M.). 
British India, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Philippines. 
Bright-yellow, very hard and very heavy, similar to boxwood and said 
to be a suitable substitute for it. Used for canes, kris handles and 
carvings. 
Watt Diet. 5:288; Gamb. 125; Ridl. 96; Van Eed. 57; Janssonius 2:51. 
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spr. 
Himalaya, Bengal, and .Ceylon. 
Grayish- white, hard, durable wood; serves for agricultural purposes. 
Watt Diet. 5:288; Gamb. 126. 
Murraya paniculata Jack. Satinwood; cosmetic-bark tree. 
British India, Burma, Java, Sumatra, New Guinea. 
The bright yellow, firm, durable wood is used for cabinet work. 
E.-Pr. 3 4 : 188. 
Other Rutacece which may possibly furnish substitutes for boxwood are species 
of Micromelum, Limonia, Triphasia, Paramignya, Tetractomia, Fa gar a (Plate 
XXIV, fig. 35), Melicope, Pelea, Lunasia, Glycosmis, and Thoreldora. 
SIMARUBACEfiE. 
Ailanthus malabarica DC. 
British India and Ceylon. 
Wood for dishes and tea chests. 
Lewis 307; Janssonius 2:81. 
Irvingia malayana Oliv. Plate XXV, fig. 37. Pauli kijang (M.). 
Malacca. 
A hard, heavy and readily worked wood ; very straight-grained. 
Pierre 263. 
Irvingia oliveri Pierre, of Cochin China, is used for the same things as the 
above. Other genera needing investigation are Samadera, Simaruba, Quassia, 
Eurycoma, Brucea, Picrasma, and Soulamea. 
