A. 
Native Name. 
* 
Botanical 
Name. 
Uses. 
Soil in which 
they thrive. 
Height 
Girih. 
Whether 
of rapid 
growth. 
Weight per 
cubic foot. 
Yalue 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. 
Damab Laut is a very 
resinous close-grained, 
heaty and durable wood 
much used m Penang for 
building purposes ; next 
to Tainpinis is the best 
wood in the Straits Set- 
tlements for beams'. 
Terns u 
Fagr<ea pe- 
regrina. 
Piles of bridges 
and bridge 
building gene- 
ral^, some- 
times used for 
tapioca bar- 
veils. 
Marshy, or 
light soil on 
low ground 
with clay. 
• 
80 to 100 ft. 
4 to 10 ft. 
Yery slow. 
75 lbs. ... . 
35 to 50 cents. 
Yery scarce in Sin- 
gapore and Pe- 
nanang, b u t at 
Malacca it is more 
readily obtained. 
Temsu is a very resinous 
wood, very durable, but 
not much used, it has a 
5 t r 0 11 g aeicl smell. 
Breaking weight of a 
specimen 2’ x P x 1", 
‘ 4 cwts. 28 lbs. 
Tamp inis ... 
Artocarpus 
sp. 
* 9 
Beams for bouse 
building a n d 
piles. 
Hills, and 
light clayey 
soil. 
100 to 120 ft. 
5 to 10 ft. 
Slow 
-• 
07 lbs. 
40 to 60 cents. 
* 
Yery scarce now in 
Singapore and 
Penang, but is ob- 
tained at M a - 
lacca. 
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- 
ther is necessary ; is lia- 
ble to warp and twist in 
seasoning, sinks in wa- 
ter. Breaking weight of 
a specimen 2’ x p’ * \\ 
6 cwts. 56 lbs. 
Meranfei . . . 
• 
• 
Hopea'Cer- 
nua & H. 
Meranti. 
House building, 
and boat build- 
ing purposes as 
planks. 
1 
' • ■ " ■ ■ 
On the plains 
and in light 
soils and on 
river banks. 
100 to 260 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. 
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