INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Several other species of Hibiscus which closely resemble this are used 
in the same fashion. 
Kydia calycina Roxb. 
Himalaya, western Ghats, Burma. 
The white, very tough and elastic wood without heartwood is used 
for house building, rudders, and turnery. 
Watt Diet. 4:569; Gamb. 89. 
Thespesia populnea (L.) Corr. Plate XXVI, fig. 56. ‘‘Tulip tree;” “faux 
bois de rose;” “bois de rose de l’Oceanie;” “Portia tree;” “umbrella tree;” baru 
laut (M.) ; banalo (Phil.). 
Tropical Africa, Asia, Malaya, and Polynesia, to Australia; introduced and 
escaped in the West Indies. 
Soft sap-wood, light red; hard, dark-red heartwood. Moderately heavy 
and durable. Smells like roses when rubbed. Carriage building, furni- 
ture, and cabinet work. (See p. 432.) 
K. & V. 2:118; Watt Diet. 6047; Ridl. 49; Gamb. 88; Pierre 173; Van Eed. 
37; Stone 10. 
BOMBACACE2E. 
Bornbax. Wood usually white, soft and light. Pores large, scanty. 
Pith-rays broad. 
Bombax malabaricum DC. “Cork wood;” “fromage de Hollande.” 
British India to North Australia. 
Durable under water ; used for floats for fishing nets, boats, boxes and 
tea-chests. (See p. 427.) 
Gamb. 90; Nord. XI; Watt Diet. 1:491; Wiesner 2:1022; K. & V. 2:122-125; 
Van Eed. 33; Lewis 308; Janssonius 1 :398. 
Boschia griffithii Mast. Daun durian; dendurien (M.). 
Malacca. 
Brown, darker-marked, very useful wood. 
Ridl. 49. 
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. ( Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.). “Silk 
cotton tree.” 
Mexico, Antilles, Africa, India, Malaya. 
Soft, white, weak wood. Used for chests, boats, etc. 
Ridl. 48; Gamb. 91; Wiesner 2:1022; Janssonius 1:399; Van Eed. 34. 
Coelostegia griffithii Benth. Pungai (M.). 
Malacca. 
Wood orange when freshly cut, becoming darker and of a reddish 
color. Hard, flexible, and durable. Used in house building. 
Ridl. 49. 
Cumingia philippinensis Vid. 
Philippines. 
Wood soft and light, white and coarse-grained. Used for planks and 
temporary construction. 
