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green. Flowers in racemes white showy. Fruit a green globose 
drupe. 
The wood is rather variable, the rings are usually large and 
’ distant, pores small and moderate sized arranged in groups. It is 
hard, close grained and smooth, light red. 
Weight 63 lbs. (Kurz.), 42 lbs. (Gamble), Singapore 45 lbs. 12 ozs. 
Used for stern posts, ribs and other parts of ships, for which it is 
in considerable demand. Also for carved work, barrels, furniture, 
etc., machinery, railway sleepers. 
The tree usually grows near the sea, and is very common on 
sandy coasts. It is often cultivated for its flowers or as an orna- 
mental tree. It, however, does not, as a rule, grow well in land. 
It is readily grown from seed, and grows fast, and might well be 
planted in sandy ground near the sea, as it is much in request 
for boat building. 
When wounded the tree produces a black gum of little value. 
It is one of the gums collected by the Kelulut {Trigona) to make 
its nest [see under Damar). The seeds which are produced in 
large quantities, are used by native children as marbles, and in 
India produce an oil known as Pun or Domba oil of a greenish or 
yellowish colour, used for lamps, caulking boats and as medicine 
for rheumatism. The seeds are broken with a small hammer, the 
kernels sliced and dried in the sun and then crushed in an oil 
mill. The oil does not appear to be used here. 
C. inophylloide, King. 
A tall straight tree 60 to 80 feet tall with grey rimose bark with 
much black resin on being cut. The wood resembles that of Pe- 
naga but is rather more close grained and heavier, reddish. Weight 
35 lbs. 7 ozs. 
C. pulckerrinium, Wall, Bintangor Batu, Bintangor Bukit. 
A tall straight tree attaining a height of 60 feet, leaves small 
obovate, dark green, young shoots red. Flowers numerous small 
white. 
The timber is lighter coloured than that of Penaga, and less open 
in structure, the rings often broken and irregular. 
Common in the South of the Peninsula in dense jungle. This is 
one of the trees which when cut young is used as “ Bintangor 
rollers ” for house building, fishing stakes, etc. It grows fairly 
fast from seed, which is produced in great abundance, and is a 
good tree to plant for poles and such like work. 
C, canum, Hook til. Bintangor Bunga. 
A fairly tall tree not very common. Wood brownish white 
streaked and variously marked with brown, grain very coarse, soft 
and does not split in drying. Used for masts. Weight 3 1 lbs. 3f ozs, 
(Maingay). 
C. spectabilc , Willd., Bintangor Bunut. 
This is also a tall straight tree similar in appearance to the C. 
pulcherrimum , but the leaves are long and oblong inform with a 
rusty fur on the buds, young leaves purplish blue. 
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