AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED MALAY STATES, 
No. 4.] JANUARY, 1902. [Vol. 1. 
THE TIMBERS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 
Continued. 
Leguminosse. 
A large order, chiefly of shrubs, herbs and climbers of no value 
as timbers, together with a number of trees some of which are 
among our most valuable woods. 
Millettia atropurpurea , Benth. Tulang Daeng. 
A big tree with purple flowers and large pods and seeds. Tim- 
ber of little value dark brown, poor. (Maingay under the name 
Russak describes the wood as very pale lemon and hard, probably 
the description applies to one of the real Russaks Vatica). fhe 
Malays say it is quite worthless, and that it derives its name (Fish 
bones) from the fact that it is only fit to throw away. Common all 
over the Peninsula. 
Erythrina stricta , E. lithosperma , Miq. and other species, 
are often cultivated as shade trees, and for growing pepper on. 
The wood of these trees is soft and white, and considered useless 
here even as firewood. E. indica , Lam \ is said by Gamble to be 
used for light boxes, trays, toys, etc. Weight 17 lbs. to 26 lbs. 
The various specious are known as Dadap. 
Pongamia glabra, Vent. Kachang Kayu Laut, Malapari. 
A sea-shore tree with pink flowers, usually short and irregular 
in growth, but sometimes attaining a height of about 40 feet. The 
wood is white or reddish, moderately hard, not durable. It is used 
for cart wheels, and oil mills in India, and in house building here, 
but is of little value. 
Pterocafpus indicus, Wilid. Angsana, Sena. 
A large tree attaining a great thickness of stem but not lofty, 
well known as an ornamental tree here of fairly rapid growth, and 
propagated either from seed or from large cuttings, about an inch, 
through. Trees of very large size may be seen in and about the 
older towns and villages, such as Penang, Malacca and Kwala 
Selangor and it may be wild in Malacca. The wood is brown, 
