INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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THYMELAEACEJE. 
Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. Kayu-garu (M.). 
British India and Malaya. 
Wood white, soft and light, even-grained, scented when fresh cut. In 
the interior of old trees are sometimes found irregular, masses of harder 
and darker-colored wood, with a honey-like scent, which constitute the 
“eaglewood” of commerce. Pores small and moderate-sized, in short 
radial lines. Pith-rays fine, numerous; the distance between two con- 
secutive rays less than the transverse diameter of the pores. Numerous 
short transverse bands of pores and intercellular ducts filled with a 
brownish substance. A valuable incense wood. (See p. 427.) 
Gamb. 579. 
Aquilaria malaccensis Lam., and other species also furnish eaglewood. 
LYTHRACE2E. 
Wood grayish or reddish-brown, moderately hard. Pores of various 
sizes, joined by narrow bands of wood parenchyma. Pith-rays fine, 
numerous, uniform, usually bent around the pores. 
Lagerstroemia floribunda Jack. 
Tropical Asia. 
Wood light-fawn-colored with the rings usually very distinct and 
large, sometimes rather close, rays fine and close, rather obscure, pores 
of medium size in lines along the rings, the rings being marked out by 
lines of large pores. 
Ridl. 179. 
Lagerstroemia hexaptera Miq. Bungah malukut. 
Malay Peninsula. 
Ridl. 179. 
Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb. 
Tropical Asia. 
Wood very hard, gray or grayish-brown, often almost red, darker- 
colored near the center, hard. No seasonal rings. Pores moderate- 
sized and large, often subdivided, surrounded singly or in patches by 
pale rings, tvhich are joined by fine narrow, irregular, wavy, interrupted 
and anastomosing bands of wood parenchyma. Pith-rays fine, very nu- 
merous, inconspicuous. Used for house posts, beams and rafters, frames 
for doors and windows, pieces for agricultural implements, carts and 
boats. 
Gamb. 371; Nord. X; Watt Diet. 4:584. 
