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FOXWORTHY. 
Illipe malabrorum Konig. ( Bassia longifolia L.) Mowa tree; maliua tree. 
Ceylon, Malabar. 
Beddish, moderately hard. Structural work and shipbuilding. 
Watt Diet. 1:416; E.-Pr. 4 1 :134. 
Illipe bet is (Blco.) Merr. Plate XXIX, fig. 93. Betis. 
Philippines. 
Piling and heavy construction, very durable. 
Phil. Woods 377 ; Gard. 63. 
Isonandra perrottetiana Wight. 
Wood light-reddisli-brown, hard, close-grained. Pores small to mod- 
erate-sized, in narrow groups which are somewhat radially but obliquely 
arranged, and often fork. Pith-ra} r s fine, regular. Transverse lines 
clear and conspicuous, regular and wavy. Structural and finishing work. 
Gamb. 445. 
Mimusops. Wood red, very hard. Pores small, in short radial or 
oblique lines. Pith-rays very fine, very numerous, uniform and equi- 
distant. Numerous wavy, concentric lines. 
Mimusops elengi L. Poko Tanjong; tandjoeng; ld-tandjoeng ; boengo-tand- 
joeng (M.) ; bansalaguin (Phil.). 
British India and Ceylon and throughout the Malayan region. 
Widely cultivated in the tropics. Wood very hard and very heavy; 
close- and even-grained; sapwood reddish-brown; lieartwood dark-red. 
Strong, durable. Piling and heavy construction work, tool handles. 
Gamb. 449; Ridl. 213; Van Eed. 164; Watt Diet. 5:251; Phil. Woods 375; 
Gard. 64. 
Mimusops kauki L. San, saoe (M.); “ironwood.” 
Malay Peninsula, Java, Celebes. 
Much like the preceding and used for the same things. 
K. & V. 1:156-158; Van Eed. 164; Ridl. 214. 
Mimusops littoral is Kurz. “Andaman bullet wood.” 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
Very hard and very heavy; reddish-brown to pinkish-brown; durable. 
Structural work. 
Gamb. 451; Watt Diet. 5:253; E.-Pr. 4’: 152. 
Palaquium. Plate XXIX, fig. 94. Beddish, moderately hard and 
heavy to very hard and heavy. Pores moderate-sized, in radial echeloned 
strings. Pith-rays fine, numerous. Transverse concentric lines numer- 
ous, wavy. Vv r ood with or without saponin. 
Palaquium barnesii Merr. Nato. 
Philippines. 
Soft or moderately hard and moderately heavy. Light planking and 
temporary construction work. 
Phil. Woods 391. 
