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M . gkiucescens, Hook fil. Singga Putih. 
Attains a height of 60 to 80 feet. Beams 5 to 8 feet square can 
be hack Wood red, used in building. 
M. racemosa , Bl. 
Rather a rare tree. Wood poor and light, soft whitish brown. 
Weight 20 lbs. 
Laurinf.e. 
Nearly all in this order are trees some of considerable size, and 
in the greater number the timber when sufficiently large is of good 
quality, the chief exception here being in the genus Cinnamomum, 
the wood of which is poor and bad. The timber has nearly always 
a yellow tint, often when fresh of a bright yellow colour. The 
name Mc-dang is applied to a considerable number of the Laurineae, 
though a few timbers of other orders are called Medang, and the 
name Mendong or Medong (. Elseocarpus ,) order Tiliaceae, is often 
accidentally converted into Medang by error. 
Cryptocarya. 
Includes a number of trees often of considerable size. 
C, Griffithiana , Wight. Sigun. Medang Buaya. 
A tall tree 60 to 65 feet in height. Wood close grained hard 
and durable pores scattered small arranged in lines, rays very fine, 
rings obscure, red heavy. Weight 36 lbs. to 51 lbs.. A good build- 
ing wood. 
C. ferrea , Bl. Mum pat jantan. 
Attains a height of 80 feet, wood brownish, gives good beams. 
Cinnamomum iners , Reinw. Kayu Man is Hutan. 
A small sized tree about 30 feet tall, with a stout trunk in old 
specimens. Very common in secondary growth. The wood is 
soft and usually white, the heartwood becoming brownish in older 
trees. It is a tree of fairly rapid growth though never attaining 
any great size. The batk is slightly aromatic and it and the fruits 
are sometimes used as a spice by Malays. The wood is only useful 
for firing. Weight 19 lbs. 5 ozs. to 40 lbs. 8 oz. Average 23 lbs. 
C, sulphuratum , Nees. Singgeh putih betina. 
A rarer species occurring in Selangor, is said to have good red 
wood suitable for building. It attains a height of 50 or 60 feetand 
gives beams 5 or 6 inches square. 
C. fart kenoxylo n, Meissn. Kayu Gadis. 
A tall straight tree with rough longitudinally furrowed bark, occurs 
commonly in Penang and Perak. It grows about 40 feet tall. 
The wood is rather soft and brownish in colour with numerous 
medium-sized pores, very fine rays and obscure rings. Weight 33 
lbs. 4 ozs. A good ordinary building wood. 
Alseodaphne umbelliflora , Hook fil. Medang Loso. 
A tree 30 to 40 feet tall, squaring to five or six inches, wood 
durable good fc. r house work. 
