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FOXWORTHY. 
Azadirachta indica A. Juss. Neem; “margosa tree;” “margosier.” 
India and Ceylon, Malaya ; also in east Africa. Often planted. 
The mahogany-like, very hard and resistant, strongly scented wood 
is used by carriage makers, carpenters and joiner's, and also in ship- 
building. 
E.-Pr. 30288; Watt Diet. 5:221; Van Eed. 71; K. & V. 3:21-24. 
Chisocheton. Wood moderately hard or soft, light. Pitli-rays distinct ; 
vessels of medium size or large, often divided; wood parenchyma in very 
regular concentric lines. 
Chisocheton philippinus Harms. Malatumbaga. 
Philippines. 
Not durable and not much used. 
Chisocheton divergens Bl. Garonton tan'gah (M.). 
Malay Peninsula. 
Ridl. 100. 
Chukrassia (Chickrassia ) tabularis A. Juss. “Bastard cedar;” “East In- 
dian mahogany;” “white cedar;” “Indian redwood;” “Chittagong wood.” 
British India to southern China; widely distributed. 
Hard and heavy, yellowish to reddish-brown, with a beautiful satiny 
luster. Seasons and works well. Sapwood of a lighter color. Pores 
scanty, moderate-sized, often oval and subdivided, isolated, uniformly 
distributed. Pith-rays fine, uniform, mostly equidistant, slightly un- 
dulating, distance between the rays generally equal to the transverse 
diameter of the pores. Seasonal rings distinctly marked by a sharp 
line. Fine silver grain with a satiny luster. Like Soymida, it is 
difficult to plane owing to the fibers running in different directions. 
Used in making fine furniture. 
Gamb. 156; Nord. X; E.-Pr. 3 i :273; Watt Diet. 2:268; Sender 631; Ridl. 
101; Pierre 357. 
(See p. 430.) 
Cipadessa fruticosa Bl. 
India, Ceylon, Java. 
Wood red, hard, heavy, with a faint odor resembling that of toon 
wood. Pores prominent as red lines .on a vertical section. Seasonal 
rings marked by a white line. 
Gamb. 146. 
Dysoxylum. Wood reddish, rough, moderately hard. Pores prominent 
on a vertical section, moderate-sized to large, often subdivided, or in short 
strings. Pith-rays fine. Concentric lines in some species fairly prom- 
inent. 
