Glochidion . 
Small to medium trees with small yellow or red flowers and 
capsular fruit. Most of the species are known as Ubah by the 
Malays. The timber when large enough is used in house building 
and is hard and durable. 
Gl, superbum , Baill. 
A small tree with large leaves common in secondary growth. 
Wood reddish brown compact with line rays and numerous large 
pores, rather light. Used for rafters and light building, and also 
for firewood. Maingay gives this as MedangKuneat (Medang Kun- 
y it) and Tamangow and says it is used for common work. Wood 
olive yellow becoming reddish towards centre. Weight per cubic 
foot 37 lbs. or 55 lbs. 1 1 ozs. A Singapore specimen weighs 43 lbs. 
9 ozs. 
G . microbotrys , Hook lil. 
A fairly heavy reddish brown wood with wavy fibres numerous, 
rather large pores, fine. A fairly good house building wood. 
Weight 40 lbs. 10 ozs. 
GL laevigatum Hook til, 
A small sized tree common in secondary jungle. The wood 
resembles that of G. superbum, but more reddish in colour. The 
tubes are lined with some white shining substance when dry. 
Weight 51 lbs. 12 ozs. to 58 lbs. 8 ozs. 
G. brunneum , Hook fil. Ranang. Ubar Merah. 
Attains a height of 30 to 40 feet, but is only used for rafters 
and firewood. 
G. goniocarpum, Hook fil. and G. littorale , BI. 
Have rather light brown wood. Weights 33 lbs. and 37 lbs. 
2 ozs. 
G. sericeum , Hook fil. 
Which never attains any considerable size, has soft whitish wood. 
Weight 58 lbs, 8 ozs. 
Cleistanthus sp. 
A medium sized tree. Timber light fawn colour with distinct rings, 
very fine grained, rays fine undulate with obscure transverse bars. 
C. hirsutulus, Hook, fil. 
A small tree the wood of which is more curious than useful. It is 
of a dirty brown colour with wedge shaped rays very unequal in 
width, and numerous transverse bars, pores large but very few. 
It occurs in Langkawi and Perak. 
C. myrianthus , Kurz. 
Tree of fairly large size with coppery leaves. 
“Wood moderately hard reddish grey, pores small numerous, 
often subdivided; rays fine very numerous closely packed, 41 lbs. 
cubic foot” (Gamble Man. Inch Timbers, p. 357). Occurs in 
Singapore. 
