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great. The durability is probably due to the large amount of oil con- 
tained in the wood. This oil is used medicinally, as a substitute for 
linseed oil and as a varnish.” (Gamb. 526-534.) 
Nord. IV (sapwood only); Watt Diet. 6 X : 1—14 ; Ridl. 220; Winton 229; 
Wiesner 2:1003-1005; K. & V. 7:165-172; Van Eed. 189-194; Blits 48-50; Phil. 
Woods 394; Stone 170; Stevenson 269-274; Holtzapffel 107. 
The teak is probably the best known of all tropical woods. It has a 
wider range of usefulness than any other and has become the standard 
for estimating the value of other woods from the rest of the world. Other 
woods surpass it for special purposes, but for general utility there is 
none to equal it. Moreover, the way in which it adapts itself to cultiva- 
tion on comparatively poor soil makes it certain that it can maintain a 
place in the world’s markets indefinitely. 
Tectona hamiltoniana Wall. 
Burma. 
A hard and very heavy wood, which is light-brown, close-grained, with 
an irregular dark-brown heartwood. Pores small, often subdivided, rather 
scanty. Pith-rays fine, the distance between them equal to the trans- 
verse diameter of the pores. Seasonal rings marked by a continuous 
white line with somewhat larger pores. Harder and heavier than teak. 
Gamb. 534. 
Vitex. Wood gray, brown or olive-brown, moderately hard to very 
hard. Pores small or moderate-sized. Pith-rays fine to moderately broad. 
Vitex aherniana Merr. Plate XXX, fig. 103. Sasalit. 
Philippines. 
Very hard and heavy to very heavy. Dark-brownish-yellow. Very 
durable; house posts, etc. 
Phil. Woods 392; Gard. 67. 
Vitex altissima L. f. Myrole; mibella. 
British India and Ceylon. 
Wood gray with a tinge of olive-brown, hard, close-grained, polishes 
well. Seasonal rings distinctly marked by a belt of firmer wood on the 
outer edge. Pores small, scanty. Pith-raj^s fine, numerous, wavy, very 
heavy. Structural work and carts. 
Gamb. 540; Watt Diet. 6* : 247. 
Vitex littoral is Dene. {Vitex timoriensis Walp. ) Plate XXX, fig. 104. 
Molave. 
Philippines, Timor. 
Wood hard and heavy; pale-yellow; fine and usually straight-grained. 
Seasonal rings present, diffuse-porous. Slightly acid odor. Bitter taste. 
Turning greenish-yellow when treated with an alkaline solution. Stain- 
ing water a greenish-yellow color. Often said to be the finest Philippine 
wood. Much valued for house and ship building. Classed in the third 
line of Lloyd’s Register. Some of its uses in the Philippines are : 
