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FOXWORTHY. 
Campnosperma zeylanicum Thw. 
Ceylon. 
A light and rather inferior wood, used for tea-chests. 
Lewis 309. 
Campnosperma wallichii King. Terungtang. 
Malay Peninsula. 
Wood soft, rather light silvery-gray or white, fine-grained. Pores 
rather large and numerous. Pith-rays fine and brown, obscure. Suit- 
able for some grades of cabinet work. 
Ridl. 111. 
Dracontomelum mangiferum Bl. Daoe, dalioe (Sumatra); raoe (Java). 
Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, Java, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands. 
Wood dark-gray, moderately hard and moderately heavy; fairly durable. 
Card. 69; Van Eed. 85; K. & V. 4:114-117; Pierre 374. 
Dracontomelum cumingianum Baill., known as lamio, and Dracontomelum dao 
Merr. & Rolfe, of the Philippines, have wood which is practically indistinguishable 
from that of D. mangiferum . 
Drimycarpus racemosus Hook. f. 
Eastern Himalaya. 
Wood yellowish-gray, hard. Much prized for shipbuilding in India 
( Chittagong) . 
Gamb. 221; Watt Diet. 3:195. 
Gluta. Wood dark-red and more or less streaked with orange and 
black. Pores few, often filled with resin, large, prominent on vertical 
sections. Pith-rays very fine. Interrupted, very narrow, undulating, con- 
centric bands. Structure of the wood in this genus much the same as 
in Melanorrhoea and Swintonia. 
Gluta renghas L. Renghas (M.). 
Malay Archipelago and Peninsula. 
Wood with decidedly irritant properties. House building, boats, 
iurniture, sheaths of weapons. 
Van Eed. 86; Ridl. 110; K. & V. 4:94-97; Wiesner 2:1017. 
Gluta tavoyana Wall, and G. travancorica Bedd. of British India and Burma 
and G. velutina Bl. (G. coarctata Hook.) of Malacca, Banka and Sumatra are 
all said to furnish wood much like that of G. renghas and used for structural work 
and furniture. G. velutina is said to be resistant to termites and to sea water. 
Pierre 368. 
Holigarna. Wood soft, grayish. Pores large, prominent on vertical 
section. Pith-rays very fine, short. 
Holigarna arnottiana Hook. f. 
British India. 
Wood containing a poisonous gum. Used for house and boat building. 
Gamb. 221 . 
