INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
485 
Bridelia retusa (L.) Spreng. 
British India, Burma, and Ceylon. 
Wood moderately hard to hard, gray to olive-brown, close-grained, 
seasons well. Seasonal rings marked by pale lines. Used for cattle- 
yokes, agricultural implements, carts and building; stands well under 
water. 
Gamb. 595; Watt Diet. 1:536. 
Other species are used, whenever they are of sufficient size. 
Ridl. 248. 
Chaetocarpus castan icarpus (Roxb.) Thw. 
East Indies, Malay region. 
A bright red, moderately hard, structural wood. 
Gamb. 623; Watt Diet. 2:262. 
Claoxylon sp. 
East Indies. 
Furnishes • the “bois c-assant.” 
Wiesner 2:98. 
Cleistanthus collinus Benth. 
British India and Ceylon. 
Wood dark reddish-brown, tough, hard, close-grained, heartwood 
small. Produces very durable house posts. 
Gamb. 597, tab. A .11, fig. J/ ; Nor d. IX (Lebedieropsis orbicularis) . 
Cyclostemon griffithii Hook. f. 
British India and Burma. 
Wood light brown, hard. A durable timber for local use. 
Gamb. 606. 
Excoecaria agallocha L. Buta-buta (M.). 
Tidal forests, Ceylon to the Philippines and Australia. 
Soft and white wood, which is used for some kinds of furniture and 
toys. (See p. 431.) 
Gamb. 626; Watt Diet. 3:306; Ridl. 253; Beee. 583. 
Givotia rottleriform is Griff. 
British India and Ceylon. 
Wood white, exceedingly light, very soft but even-grained. Used 
for catamarans and cabinet work. 
Gamb. 615; Watt Diet. 3:503. 
Glochidion acuminatum Muell. Arg. 
British India. 
Wood red or reddish-gray, hard. Splits badly. 
Gamb. 602; Nord. X ( Phyllanthus hi color ) . 
Other species of Glochidion are used when large enough and are fairly durable 
Ridl. 249; Van Eed. 223. 
