INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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parenchyma, separating broader bands of firm texture, in which the 
fine and numerous pith-rays are distinctly visible. 
Gamb. 476; Nord. XI. 
Salvadora oleoides Dene. 
British India, Afghanistan. 
Wood light-red, moderately hard, with a small, irregular, purple 
heartwood. Pores large and small, oval, often subdivided, surrounded 
by irregular patches of wood parenchyma, which are joined into wavy, 
irregular, zigzag, concentric bands ; scanty, but much more numerous and 
prominent than in S. persica, prominent on a vertical section. Pith-rays 
fine, numerous, distinct, at unequal distances. Structural work, agri- 
cultural implements, Persian wheels and the knee timbers of boats. 
Gamb. 477, tab. X, fig. Nord. X; Watt Diet. 6B448. 
LOGANIACE2E. 
Eagraea. Plate XXIX, fig. 96. Wood hard, close-grained, gray or 
light-brown. Pores large, scanty, often subdivided. Pith-rays fine, very 
numerous. Concentric pale bands numerous : in these there may be 
(extremely fine) pores. 
Fagraea fastigiata Bl. Malebera; malbira. 
Malay Peninsula, Java. 
Wood of a dirty yellowish color with very close narrow rays, and 
scattered pores partitioned. It has a great reputation for resisting 
water, and if the trunks are used with the bark on, resist the teredo, so 
that it is a very valuable timber for wharfs and piles. 
Ridl. 217; K. & V. 9:80. 
Fagraea fragrans Boxb. Allan (Barm.) ; tembusu (M.) ; “kings-wood;” 
kajoe-radjah; urung (Phil.). 
British India, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
Wood light-brown, hard, close-grained. Pores (or intercellular ducts) 
large, very scanty, often subdivided and filled with a white substance. 
Numerous pale concentric bands alternating with bands of firmer tissue 
in which the fine numerous pith-rays are distinctly visible. Numerous 
very fine, parallel transverse lines in longitudinal section. One of the 
most important woods of the Malay Peninsula. One of the best woods 
for piling. House building, boat anchors, etc. Very durable, untouched 
by white ants and fungus and lasts a long time in the ground. 
Gamb. 496; Wiesner 2:1015; Ridl. 216; Watt Diet. 3:312; Van Eed. 179; 
K. & V. 9:86. 
