IN DO -MALAY AN WOODS. 
479 
Dysoxylum amooroides Miq. 
New Guinea, Java. 
Wood for matches. 
Wiesner 2:96; Janssonius 2:153. 
Dysoxylum bi nectariferum Hook. f. 
British India and Ceylon. 
Gamb. 147; Nord. IX. 
Dysoxylum hamiltonii Hiern. 
British India. 
Used for planks and for small boats. 
Gamb. 148, tab. Ill, fig. 3; Nord. X. 
Dysoxylum turczaninowii C. DC. Agaru. 
Philippines. 
A very ornamental wood known as agaru is furnished by this and 
other species of the genus and possibly also by some species of Cliiso- 
cheton. The wood is light-colored, fine-grained, hard and moderately 
heavy and takes a beautiful finish like that of satinwood. Used for fine 
furniture and frequently found in the Manila market. 
Epicharis loureiri Pierre ( Dysoxylum loureiri Pierre). Huynduong or 
“sandal.” 
Cochin China, Province of Thu-dau-mot. 
A very fine wood for the construction of coffins, knicknacks, and wood 
carving, also ground up into a powder and used in pharmacy. The 
wood has an odor resembling that of sandalwood and it is used as a 
substitute for sandalwood in incense, etc. 
Jumelle 338; Pierre 352. 
Lepidaglaia bailloni Pierre (Dysoxylum bailloni Pierre). 
Burma and Indo-China. 
Carriage work and turnery. Sometimes sold as sandalwood. 
Pierre 352; Wiesner 2:910. 
Meiia azedarach L. “Persian lilac;” “bead tree;” “lilac des Indes;” “syke- 
more;” “Laurier grec.” 
Much cultivated in the warmer parts of the whole world. 
Sapwood yellowish-white, heartwood reddish, very easily polished and 
worked ; serves mainly for furniture. 
K. & V. 3:12-17; Watt Diet. 5:223; Gamb. 144; Nord. VI; Hough Amer. 
Woods 5:105; Janssonius 2:128; Stone 31; Van Eed. 71. 
Meiia dubia Cav. “White cedar.” 
East Indies. 
Reddish heart ; soft and light wood. Structural work and the making 
of shelves and tea-chests. 
Watt Diet. 5:223; Lewis 308. 
