INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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attempts have been made to find a suitable substitute for this wood, but, 
thus far, unsuccessfully. (See article on boxwood substitutes, p. 426.) 
Buxus sempervirens L. Boxwood. 
India and western Asia to the Mediterranean region. 
Stone 102; Wiesner 2:962; Gamb. 592-594; Nord. II, also Mech. Eigenscli. 
Holzer 514. 
AN AOA RL) \ A CE Ad. 
The woods of this family are very variable as to color, weight, and 
hardness. Pistacia , some species of Rhus , Gluta , Melanorrhoea, Qdina, 
and Drimycarpus have hard woods, red or yellow; those of Semecarpus, 
Mangifera, Spondias, Holigarna, and Buchanania are more or less soft, 
and light-gray or brown. In some, the pith-rays are numerous, in others 
scanty, but the chief general character is that of large pores which are 
scanty and prominent on vertical section, and pith-rays soft, dark and 
inconspicuous. Concentric lines occur in some species. 
Anacardium occidentale L. “Cashew nut;” “acajoubaum;” “acajou a 
fruits;” “acajou a pommes ;” “acajou de Guadeloupe.” 
South America; cultivated in all tropical regions. 
Red, moderately hard wood. Boats and tea-chests. 
Watt Diet. 1:223; Ridl. 108; Gamb. 214. 
Bouea burmanica Griff. Rauminiya. 
Burma and Malaya. 
Light-colored sapwood, dark-reddish heartwood, sometimes dark-brown ; 
rings distinct, pores small, few, scattered; concentric lines numerous, 
wavy, distinct. Durable and very heavy ; posts and beams. 
Ridl. 107; Gamb. 214; Pierre 366. 
Bouea macrophylla Griff. Kadongan. 
Malaya. 
Wood yellowish-white, becoming brown toward its center. Moder- 
ately hard ; does not split in drying. Kris scabbards. 
Ridl. 107. 
Buchanania florida var. arborescens Engl. Balinhasay (Phil.). 
Philippines and the Malay Archipelago. 
Moderately hard and moderately heavy, pale-reddish; rather fine but 
not straight-grained. Light or temporary construction; not durable. 
Often substituted for the wood of Koordersiodendron, to which iL is 
much inferior. 
Phil. Woods 374; Pierre 371. 
Buchanania latifolia Roxb. 
India, Burma, Malacca. 
Brownish-gray, moderately hard, not durable. Used for boxes, tables, 
etc. 
Watt Diet. 1:545; Gamb. 216. 
Other species of Buchanania are used, but none of them furnish very high 
