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FOXWORTHY. 
Antidesma bunius Spr. Bras-bras hitam (M.) ; boeni (Jav.). 
British India, Ceylon, Java, and Malaya. 
Wood red, hard, similar to that of A. ghaesembilla. Used for beams, 
rafters and the like, but not durable if exposed to the weather. 
Ridl. 250; Gamb. 610; Van Eed. 219. 
Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn. Baniyuyo (Phil.) ; kasumba (M.) ; liorroe- 
batoe (Jav.). 
Same range as preceding. 
Wood red, with darker-colored heartwood, smooth, hard, close and 
even-grained. Seasonal rings indistinctly marked by concentric lines. 
Pores small and moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. Pith-rays of 
two sizes, few moderately broad rays with numerous fine rays between 
them. Interior work, not a durable wood. 
Gamb. 610; Ridl. 250; Van Eed. 220. 
The different species of Antidesma are hard, usually red, smooth, apt to split 
and warp and not durable. 
Aporosa dioica (Roxb.) Muell. Arg. 
British India and Burma. 
A very hard wood with dark-brown heart and white sap wood. Used 
for tool handles. 
Watt Diet. 1 : 278. 
Other species of Aporosa furnish good wood of brown or reddish color, but 
the pieces are usually of small size. 
Baccaurea sapida Muell. Arg. 
British India, Burma, Andaman Islands. 
Wood grayish-brown, soft, with transverse lines of wood parenchyma 
very numerous. Pores small, in short radial lines. Pith-rays moderately 
broad to broad, the distance between the rays being from one to three 
times the transverse diameter of the pores. Easily worked and fairly 
durable. 
Gamb. 611. 
The timber of other species is also good and varies in color from light yel- 
lowish-white to dark-brown. 
Ridl. 251; Van Eed. 220. 
Bischofia trifoliata (Roxb.) Hook. (B. javanica Bl. ) . Plate XXV, fig. 44. 
Toog (Phil.) ; gadok (Sumatra). 
Tropical Asia, Malay Archipelago, Pacific Islands. 
Eed, coarse-grained, moderately hard wood, with strong scent of 
vinegar when first cut. Used for structural work and bridges. It is 
claimed that although it warps and cracks and is attacked by white ants 
when used above ground, it is almost imperishable in wet ground or 
under water, so that it is particularly fitted for pile foundations and 
railway sleepers. 
Gamb. 607, tab. XII, fig. 5 ; Nord. X; Van Eed. 221 ; Watt Diet. 1 : 454. 
