A 
Native Name. 
Botanical 
Name. 
Uses. 
Soil in which 
they thrive. 
Height 
Girih. 
Whether 
of rapid 
growth. 
Weight per 
cubic foot. 
Value per 
cubic foot. 
Abundant or other- 
wise. 
Remarks. 
Damar Laut 
Not known. 
Beams for house 
building. 
Hilly ground, 
light clayey 
soil. 
80 to 100 ft. 
■ 
6 to 12 ft. 
Slow ... 
70 lbs. 
35 to 50 cents. 
Scarce in Singapore 
and Malacca, but 
is brought into 
Penang from the 
Native States in 
fair quantity. 
Damar Laut is a very 
■ resinous close-grained, 
heavy and durable wood 
much used in Penang for 
building purposes ; next 
to Tampinis is the best 
wood in the Straits Set- 
tlements for beams. 
Temsu 
Fagraea pe- 
regrina. 
Piles of bridges 
and bridge 
building gene- 
rally. sonie- 
tintes used for 
tapioca bar- 
rells. 
M a r shy, or 
light soil on 
low ground 
with clay. 
80 to 100 ft. 
4 to 10 ft. 
Yery slow r . 
75 lbs. 
35to50 cents. 
Y ery scarce in Sin- 
gapore and Pe- 
nanang, b u t at 
Malacca it is more 
readily obtained. 
Tcm.su is a very resinous 
wood, very durable, but 
not much used, it has a 
strong acid smell. 
Breaking weight of a 
specimen 2’ x 1’ x 1”, 
4 cwts. 28 lbs. 
Tampinis ... 
* 
Artocarpus 
sp. 
Beams for house 
building and 
piles. 
Hills , and 
light clayey 
soil. 
100 to 120 ft. 
« 
5 to 10 ft. 
Slow 
67 lbs. 
40 to 60 cents. 
Yery scarce now in 
Singapore and 
Penang, but is ob- 
tained at M a - 
laeea. 
Hard and durable, is of a 
light reddish colour be- 
comes very dark with 
age, used for bridges 
and Telegraph posts, or 
for any use where con- 
stant exposure to wea- 
tlieris necessary ; is lia- 
ble to warp and twist in 
seasoning, sinks in wa- 
ter. Breaking weight of 
a specimen 2’ x 1” x P. 
6 cwts. 56 lbs. 
Meranti ... 
Hopea Cer- 
nua & H. 
Meranti. 
House building, 
and boat build- 
ing purposesaB 
planks. 
On the plains 
and in light 
soils and on 
river banks. 
100 to 200 ft. 
6 to 10 ft. 
Rapid ... 
38 lbs. 
* 
25 to 40 cents. 
• 
Getting scarce . . . 
Yery useful for house 
building, planks 3 feet 
broad can be obtained ; 
it is also good for boat 
building, floats in water, 
yields a gum. 
