I jy DO-M ALA Y AN WOODS. 
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Eugenia jambos L. 
Van Eed. 135; Gamb. 357; Nord. V ( Myrtus jambosa ) ; K. & V. 6:53-55. 
Eugenia operculata Roxb. 
Van Eed. 137; Gamb. 360; Nord. IX; K. & V. 6:148-152. 
Eugenia wallichii Wight. 
Gamb. 357 ; Nord. IX. 
Sudjung. — There is found in the Island of Mindanao a very hard wood 
of this name which is probably produced by some species of Eugenia. 
The wood is dark-brown in color, contains a considerable amount of oil 
and is very durable. It is often used for corner posts of houses. 
Leptospermum flavescens Sm. ( Leptospermum amboinense Reinw.) 
Sunda and Molucca Islands, Australia, Malay Peninsula. 
Very, hard wood used for tool handles. 
Van Eed. 138; E.-Pr. 3 7 :94. 
Melaleuca leucadendron L. “Cajeput tree.” 
British India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, and Australia. 
Reddish-brown, hard. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, producing wavy 
lines, on a vertical section. Pith-rays fine, extremely numerous. Piling. 
Van Eed. 138; Gamb. 351; Ridl. 174; K. & V. 6:180-183; Stone 132-134. 
Metrosideros ( Nania ). Very hard and very heavy wood. Pores and 
pith-rays very small, hard to distinguish with a lens. Dark-purplish- 
brown. 
Metrosideros vera Lindl. ( Nania vera Miq.) Eijserhout; kajoe besi; nani 
(M.). 
Java, Amboina, Ternate, the Moluccas. 
Very hard and very heavy; dark-reddish-brown; durable; very dif- 
ficult to work. Resists the teredo. House and bridge building. 
Van Eed. 139; K. & V. 6:168-171. 
Other species of the genus in Australia and New Zealand are also noted for 
fine grain, hardness and durability. 
Psidium guajava L. 
Cultivated throughout the tropics. 
Wood grayish-brown, moderately hard, even-grained. Pores small, nu- 
merous, in short radial groups. Pith-rays fine, short, numerous, in- 
distinct. Engraving, spear handles, charcoal, firewood. 
Van Eed. 139; Gamb. 355; Ridl. 175; Nord. V (Psidium pyriferum) ; K. & V. 
6:35. 
Rhodamnia trinervia Blume. (Rhodamnia cinerea Jack.) Mempayan (M.). 
British India, through Malaya, to Australia. 
Wood brown, moderately hard, with faint irregular but more or less 
concentric very narrow lines of loose texture. Pores small to moderate- 
sized, irregularly distributed, occasionally in somewhat concentric lines. 
