CASSIA BARK 
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Kulit Lawang of the Malays [Kulit, bark ; Lawang, 
clove), is a native of the Malay Islands and Peninsula. 
It has a strongly aromatic bark, and is one of the cassia 
barks of commerce. The calyces of the fruit of this 
plant are sold in Singapore under the name of Bunga 
Lawang (clove bark flowers). They are small stalked 
cups, curiously lobed, about ^ in. across, black when 
dry, with a slender stalk. They are expensive, costing 
about a cent apiece, and highly valued in native 
medicine, and for curries. ^ 
Cinnamomum Sintoc, Bl. — The Sintok of the Malays 
is a large tree occurring in Java and the Malay 
Peninsula. It has also a very aromatic bark, which is 
collected and sold. 
These jungle cassia barks are usually thicker than 
the Chinese cassia barks, probably being taken from the 
trunks of old trees only. Sumatra produces a consider- 
able quantity of one of these cassia barks, probably 
C. Sintoc. 
From Padang was exported, in 1871, 6,127 piculs 
of cassia bark, of which a large portion was shipped to 
America (Fliickiger and Hanbury). 
Large quantities are shipped from Java, Timor, and 
other islands to Europe. They are variable in form 
and thickness, from the thickness of cardboard to more 
than ^ in. They vary also in colour, some being of a 
pale cinnamon colour, others deep brown. 
It may be doubted if any of these Malay cassias 
would be worth cultivating, though no doubt the bark 
produced thus would be of a much finer quality than 
that from the jungle, for they are mostly inferior to 
Chinese cassia, which would be as easy to cultivate. 
MASSOI BARK 
This bark is the product of a tree of large size 
occurring in the forests of New Guinea. The bark 
which is taken from old trees in the jungle is thick and 
aromatic. The natives seek the tree in the forest, and 
