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Parkia speciosa, Hassk. Petai. 
A tall elegant tree with feathery foliage, flowers in club-shaped 
heads on long hanging peduncles, pods green thin, eaten by 
Malays. Attains a height of 100 feet. Wood fairly heavy but not 
very hard, pale reddish fawn colour, rings not very distinct, pores 
large and smaller mixed scattered, not very 'numerous, rays dis- 
tinct fairly fine red, on a grey ground in transverse section. 
Not much used as it is not durable, except for boxes and such 
work. Weight 40 lbs. 8 ozs. 
P. Roxburghii, Don. Kurayong, Gudayong , Kadaong. 
A similar tree with much thicker pods, the seeds of which are 
used in medicine, is doubtfully wild here. It attains a height of 
ab ut 60 feet, with smooth grey bark, the heart-wood is brown and 
fairly heavy, not durable. 
Adenanthera pavonina , L. Saga. 
A big tree often planted, 20-50 feet tall. 
Wood dirty white .vith large pores often sub-divided. Heart- 
wood red. Weight 55-56 lbs. (Gamble), S. 30 lbs. 12 ozs. to 33 lbs. 
15 ozs. Used in cabinet making and for building in India and 
Java. 
A quick growing tree, good as a shade tree or for rapid 
afforesting. 
A. bicolor, Moon. 
Somewhat similar to the last. Common but usually planted. 
Wood dirty white becoming brownish towards the centre, hard, 
does not split. Weight 56 lbs. 10 ozs. (Maingay). 
Enterolobium Saman, Prain. Inga Saman , Willd. Rain tree. 
Attains a great height in good soil, 60 to 80 feet. Commonly 
cultivated as a shade tree. Wood light with much soft white 
sapwood. Heart-wood brown not very hard, pores rather large 
arranged in concentric rows 2 or 3 or more together and sur- 
rounded with lighter softer tissue, rays very fine and fairly close. 
Weight 28 lbs. 1 1 ozs. to 46 lbs. 3 ozs. 
A fairly good wood, though it is not very durable and seems not 
to be used even as firewood. 
Mimosa sepiaria , Benth. 
A large thorny shrub, introduced from South America, and now 
thoroughly established in Singapore. Of very rapid growth in 
damp soil, and very difficult to eradicate, springing up again and 
again after being cut down, and forming dense thickets. 
Wood heavy and hard, not easy to split when dry, red with 
fairly large numerous scattered pores, rays fine, rings very indis- 
tinct. Weight 78 lbs. 12 ozs. Only used as firewood for which 
it is excellent but becomes hard to split if suffered to get dry and 
should be split when fresh cut. 
Hymenea Courbaril, L. Gum An i mi. 
A big tree introduced from South America, has fairly rapid 
growth. Trees in the Botanic Gardens 15 years old have attained 
