INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Anisophyllea zeylanica Benth. 
Ceylon. 
Moderately hard and heavy. Grayish-brown. Tea-boxes. 
Gamb. 33G; Lewis 307. 
Bruguiera caryophylloides Blume. Kakandan (Tam.); Bosnng (M.). 
Tidal forests of India and Burma, rare in Ceylon; Philippines, New Guinea. 
Wood reddish, hard and heavy, close-grained. Pores small, scanty, 
often subdivided. Pith-rays fine, numerous, wavy, with a pretty silver 
grain. 
Gamb. 334; K. & V. 4:298-300; Ridl. 172. 
Bruguiera eriopetala W. & A. 
Madagascar to Australia. 
Wood very hard and heavy; dark-reddish. Ilsed for piling and for 
fuel. 
K. & V. 4:295-297; Van Eed. 126. 
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza Lam. Plate XXVIII, fig. 84. Tumu (M.) ; poto- 
tan (Phil.). 
East Africa to Australia. 
The most stately tree of the mangroves. Wood very hard and very 
heavy, dark-reddish-brown. Construction and furniture in India ; piling ; 
fuel. 
Ridl. 172; Watt Diet. 1:54; Gamb. 334; K. & V. 4:292-295; Van Eed. 127; 
Bargagli-Petrucci 75. 
Bruguiera parvifiora W. & A. Burrus; b’rus; b’eus (M.) ; lenggadi (Phil.). 
India to Malaya and the Philippines ; very abundant in the interior of man- 
grove swamps. 
Hard and heavy. Growing usually to only a small size, hut with 
a beautifully clear straight trunk. Wood less desirable than that of 
Rhizopliora spp., or of B; gymnorrhiza, but still a good wood. Chief use, 
piling. 
K. & V. 4:297; Van Eed. 127; Ridl. 172; Becc. 578. 
Caraliia integerrima DC. Plate XXVIII, fig. 83. 
India and Ceylon to Malaya; fairly common in the Philippines, but usually 
not of large size. * 
Pretty, red-marked heartwood, used for construction, furniture, and 
fine cabinet work. 
Watt Diet. 1:541; Gamb. 335, tab. VII, fig. 8; Nord. X; K. & V. 4:301-304. 
Ceriops roxburghiana Arn. Tengah; tengah puti (M.) ; tangal (Phil.). 
Tropical tidal forests of the Old World. 
Wood very hard and very heavy, orange-red in color and giving a 
fluorescent orange color to water in which it is placed. Very durable in 
water. Pith-rays distinct. The two species of this genus are distinctly 
the best of the mangroves, although they are of comparatively small 
