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FOXWORTHY. 
Canthium. Wood hard, close-grained. Pores very small, numerous. 
Pith-rays fine and very fine, numerous, regular. 
Canthium didymum Eoxb. Butulang. 
British India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 
White or light-brown. Seasonal rings marked by a dark line with few 
or no pores. A fine wood used for agricultural purposes. In Ceylon, 
its resemblance to boxwood has caused it to be called “Ceylon boxwood.” 
Gamb. 419; Ridl. 211. 
Gardenia. Wood creamy- white, smooth, close-grained, hard, but cuts 
easily. Pores small to extremely small, evenly distributed, often scanty. 
Pith-rays short, very fine to fine, numerous. Like the species of Bandia, 
those of Gardenia have the characters of boxwood, and deserve attention 
as possible substitutes for the cheaper rougher work of engraving, tool- 
handles, etc. 
Gardenia barnesii Merr. Plate XXX, fig. 105. 
Philippines. 
Wood very hard and very heavy, white, much resembling boxwood, 
for which.it could possibly be substituted. An excellent wood for small 
ornaments. 
Gardenia coronaria Ham. 
British India and Burma. 
Combs and turnery, liable to crack. 
Gamb. 416; Nord. IV ( G . costata) . 
Gardenia gummifera L. f. 
British India. 
Gamb. 415; Watt Diet. 3:481. 
Gardenia tubifera Wall. Delima hutan (M.). 
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 
Wood white, grain fine, medium hard and heavy, splits in drying. 
Used for house building and is fairly durable. 
Ridl. 210; Van Eed. 115; Iv. & V. 8:90. 
Guettarda speciosa L. Seacoast teak; Ketapang-ketek (M.). 
Seacoasts throughout the Indo-Malayan region. 
Wood yellow, with a tinge of red. Pores small, often in radial lines. 
Pith-rays moderately broad and very fine. 
Gamb. 418; Iv. & V. 8:129-131. 
Hymenod ictyon excelsum Wall. 
British India, Burma, Philippines. 
Wood white, when cut up fresh; if cut up dry, brownish-gray; soft. 
Seasonal rings indistinctly marked. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, single 
or subdivided. Pith-rays few, moderately broad, alternating with others, 
fine, bent around the pores. Wood cells large. Tea-boxes, scabbards, 
grain-measures, palanquins, toys. 
Gamb. 406; Nord. IX; Watt Diet. 6E349; K. & V. 8:50-52. 
