INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
563 
COMPOSITE. 
Wood soft and light. Pores moderate-sized, rather scanty. Pith-rays 
moderately broad to fine. 
Vernonia arborea Ham. Plate XXX, fig. 108. Merambong (M.). 
Malay Peninsula, Philippine Islands, Malay Archipelago. 
Wood white or brownish ; used for house building but is not durable. 
Eidl. 211; K. & V. 5:50-54. 
