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FOXWORTHY. 
RHAMNACEiE. 
Hovena dulcis Thunb. Kemponashi. 
China, Japan, Himalaya. 
Furniture and musical instruments. 
Gamb. 187 ; Nord. VII. 
Zizyphus. Wood reddish, moderately hard or hard; no heartwood. 
Pores small to moderate-sized, often subdivided and fringed with wood 
parenchyma between numerous fine or very fine pith-rays. 
Zizyphus jujuba Lam. “Indian jujube;” “Chinese date.” 
China, India, Australia, tropical Africa; much cultivated. 
Durable structural and furniture wood. 
Gamb. 181, tab. IV, fig. 3; Nord. IX; Watt Diet. 6 4 :370; Van Eed. 75. 
Zizyphus vulgaris Lam. “Acajou d’Afrique.” 
Orient to Bengal, China, and Japan; cultivated in southern Europe. 
Similar to the preceding; cabinet work. 
Gamb. 182; Nord. II; Watt Diet. 6 4 :373. 
Zizyphus xylopyrus Willd. 
India and Ceylon. 
Carriage building, agricultural implements, charcoal. 
Gamb. 183; Watt Diet. 6 4 :374. 
Zizyphus zonulatus Blanco (Z. .arborea Merr.). Plate XXVI, fig. 51. 
Balacat. 
Philippines. 
Wood very pale-reddish or whitish; sapwood quickly eaten by beetles; 
heartwood very durable. 
Phil. Woods 374; Gard. 60. 
ELAEOCARPACE2E. 
Elaeocarpus lancaefolius Boxb. 
Tropical Asia. 
Bright-brown, soft wood, for tea chests. 
Watt Diet. 3:206. 
Muntingia calabura L. “Calabure;” “bois ramier;” “bois de soie.” 
Mexico to the Amazon River; widely cultivated. 
Wood very soft and light, not durable. 
Wiesner 2:107. 
Echinocarpus dasycarpus Benth. 
British India. 
Wood grayish-brown, soft. Used for planks and beams where not 
exposed to changes of weather. 
Gamb. 113; Nord. X. 
