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use. It appears to be seldom used. Weight 30 lbs. (Wallich), 
38 lbs. (Gamble), S. 32 lbs. 10 ozs. 
E. macrocarpa , Roxb. Kelat Burong, Kelat Jambu. 
Is a large tree attaining a height of fifty feet, the timber is brown 
and heavy. Beams will last five or six years if exposed. 
E. filiformis, Wall. Kelat Bilian, Kelat Lapis. ^ 
Is a common tree attaining the height of from fifty to sixty feet, 
and will give beams squaring to 5 or 6 inches or even more, the 
timber is heavy, of rather a light brown colour .with numerous pores. 
It is decidedly a high class Kelat wood. Weight 48 lbs. 1 oz. 
E. aguea, Burm. Jambu Ayer Mawer. 
A common fruit tree attaining no great size, has a fairly hard 
wood, but not large enough for building. 
E. Thumra, Roxb. 
A big tree with tall straight stem, flowers apple green. Wood 
fairly heavy and hard light brown, rings distinctly marked, pores 
medium sized in wavy lines of a light texture, very numerous rays 
fine, showing as reddish bars on a darker ground in longitudinal 
section. A good useful wood, something like that of h. grandis. 
Weight 38 lbs. 13 ozs. 
E. zeylanica, Wight. Kelat Nasi-nasi. 
Usually occurs as a shrub near the sea, but sometimes grows in- 
land, and at times attains a large size. It is recognized by its 
narrow small leaves, red bark, and white aromatic drupes. 1 he 
wood is dark brown, heavy and compact, and would be very good 
if it could be procured of sufficiently large size. It is, however, 
chiefly used for firewood. Maingay states it is used in ship build- 
ing and gives the weight at 60 lbs. 9§ ozs. per cubic foot, Singa- 
pore specimen 54 lbs. 
E. caryophyllata , Willd. 
A fair sized tree with rounded deep green leaves forming a 
dense head. The timber attains a fair size though the tree is not 
so large as many others. It grows readily in almost any soil. The 
wood is light yellowish in colour, and structurally resembles that 
of E. lepidocarpa. Weight 43 lbs. 14 ozs. to 50 lbs. 12 ozs. 
E. line at a, Bl. Kelat Merah. 
A common tree in the South, growing readily in secondary 
jungle, attaining a height of about sixty feet and a diameter of ih 
feet. In open dry places it has a tendency to branch low down 
instead of making a tall stem. It is also liable in open spots to 
a disease resembling what is known as e ‘ Witches’ broom” in Eng- 
land. 1 he wood is very hard and tough rather coarse in texture 
with large pores and conspicuous rings rather waved. The pores 
• are arranged in rows parallel to the rings. A very good wood for 
general purposes, but it has a tendency to split. Weight 47 lbs. 
13 ozs. to 52 lbs. 8 ozs, 
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