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FOXWORTHY. 
Cullenia excelsa Wight. 
British India, Andaman Islands, Ceylon. 
Tea-chests. 
Gamb. 92 ; Lewis 308. 
Durio zibethinus DC. Durian. 
Southern and eastern Asia, Malay Archipelago. 
Wood pale-reddish-brown, soft. Pores large, scanty, often subdivided. 
Pith-rays moderately broad, numerous, giving a well-marked silver grain. 
Temporary construction work. 
K. & V. 2:132-134; Gamb. 92; Becc. 572; Van Eed. 34; Ridl. 48; Janssonius 
1 : 404 ; Bargagli-Petrucci 49, tab. X. 
Several other species of this genus in Borneo and Sumatra are also used 
to some extent. 
Neesia altissima Bl. 
Java. 
Brown, beautifully marked, very soft wood, used for small cabinet 
work. Termite-proof. 
K. & V. 2:129-131; Van Eed. 37; Janssonius 1:408. 
STERCULIACE2E. 
Wood very soft to very hard; very light to very heavy. Pores rather 
scanty, often large. Pith-rays rather numerous, usually of medium size. 
Concentric bands of wood parenchyma in some species. 
Eriolaena candollei Wall. 
Western India. 
Brick-red, orange-yellow and brown striped; moderately hard, shining. 
Cart building, giinstocks, paddles, etc. 
Gamb. 103; Nord. IX; Watt Diet. 3:265. 
Other species are used locally in India and Cochin China. 
Heritiera. Wood very heavy and very hard; dark-reddish-brown heart- 
and white sapwood. Pith-rays of medium size. Wood parenchyma in 
very fine, irregular, concentric lines. 
Heritiera I ittoral is Dry. Totonai ; dungon-late (Phil.); dungon (M.) ; sundri 
( Beng. ) . 
East Africa, Indo-Malayan region, Australia; a very widely distributed species. 
Boat building, posts, piles, house building, palisades, etc. 
Watt Diet. 4:224; Gamb. 98; Phil. Woods 383; Ridl. 51; Van Eed. 39; 
K. & V. 2:170-174; Pierre 203; Janssonius 449; Bargagli-Petrucci 52, tab. XI; 
Becc. 573. 
Heritiera minor Lam. (U. fomes Ham.). “Plank tree” (on account of the 
plank-like prop roots); sundri (Beng.). 
Ganges Delta, southern India, Burma, Borneo. 
Brown durable wood, considered to be the toughest in India. Boat, 
house, and bridge building; also used as firewood, and furnishes the 
best charcoal for gunpowder. 
E.-Pr. 3": 99; Watt Diet. 4:223; Gamb. 97; Nord. XI. 
