Claps IV.]

CLASSIFIED LIST OF WOODS OF ASIA.

Ill

WOODS OF ASIA— continued.

NAME.

Place of Growth.

Weight

per

Cubic Ft.

..

Specific'. 1 ,,°;

Gravity '? LaU1 logue.

REMARKS.

11)S.

oz.

Kain-tha-phogee. See Syra-

plocos.

Kaunzo-kurro - - — -

Tavoy

43

0

•688

812

Used in boat-building.

Kayzai. See Laurus.

Kaza. See Careva.

;

,, See Gordonia — — -

1

Keahnaun -----

-

—

—

837

Keannan. See Xylocarpus.Keaza-Perroun — - — -

_

947

Used in house-building.

Kcetha. See Syndesmis.Keoun-lae. See llottlera.

Kombo. See Careya.Kuddoot-alain — — — —

_

_

53

3

•851

840

Grows to a great size ; used in house-buildin«\

Kuddoot-nee -----

t t

-

-

34

0

•554

829

An inferior wood ; used in boat-building.

» 5 — — — — —

f 9

—

—

31

3

* 547

864

Kuenmounee. See Lagerstroe-

!

mia.

!

Kullowa. See Laurus.

Kuneenee. See Sterculia.Kunna. See Pierardia.Kunnean-phew. See Diptero -

carpus.

Kunneen-keunkee. See Bigno-

nia.

Kunneen-keunla. See Sym-plocos.

Kurrowa. See Laurus.

Ivuzzoo. See Pierardia.Lagerstrcemia reginae — — -

India —

46

8

■744

700

Lagerstrcemia -? (K.uen-

Tavoy

-

-

37

9

•601

839

j

mounee, Peema).

Laurus camphora ? (Camphor-

China

_

35

14

•574

897

! A wood emitting an agreeable aromatic

wood).

odour.

1 i it it

Laurus-? (Kayzai) -

Tavoy

—

_

43

3

•691

809

, Used in house carpentry.

Laurus-? (Kullowa, Kur-

-

-

30

0

•480

942

; Produces the sassafras bark and camphor-

rowa).

it f» it

Laurus -? (Lumpatch,

wood of Martaban.

t j

X epal

—

-

30

0

•480

818

-

-

34

0

•544

955

Used in carpenter’s work, and for beams.

Chasepoo).

Laurus-? (Panatha) — -

Tavoy

_

_

43

0

•688

881

; Used in house carpentry.

Laurus-? (Sassafras) — -

India -

-

-

32

12

• 524

712

Laurus -? (Tliuggoo) -

Lolsi. See Taxus .

Tavoy

—

-

—

951

i Used for oars and rudders.

Loquat. See Eriobotrya.Lumpatch. See Laurus.

Maikay. See Murraya.

Maingga. See Cynometra.

!

Makoo-shingali. See Castanca.Manga chapui - — — -

Manilla

_

_

41

15

•671

500

Used in ship-building.

Maroothee -----

Travancore

—

37

7

•599

390

Maunthaen or Sassefras — -

Tavoy

_

_

36

10

* 586

901

Used in making house furniture.

Maymaka - — — — -

India -

_

_

51

12

•828

956

Used for timber of junks.

May-rang — — _ — -

Tavoy

-

-

48

9

* 777

1043

Said to be very durable ; used for the posts

of houses on the banks of rivers.

Megeongee -----

-

_

38

9

•617

945

A very large tree, used in house-building.

Melia Azadirachta — — -

India —

_

_

46

1

•739

722

Metrosideros vera (iron-wood) -

China

_

_

53

0

•848

494

Used for anchors by the Chinese .

Mimosa odoratissima - — -

India —

—

_

45

6

■726

711

Mimosa polystachya — — -

Botanic Garden ,

32

0

•512

1032

Calcutta .

Mimusops Elengi - — — -

Tavoy

-

-

46

0

•736

924

A slow-growing tree.

Moluve or Moloba — — -

Manilla

—

—

51

3

•819

499

Used in ship-building.

Moonga Yallak — — — -

Travancore

—

38

5

•613

411

Mootoocorandy - — — —

-

-

38

13

•621

440

Morinda citrifolia - - -

Botanic Garden ,

28

10

■458

913

The root yields a red dye.

Calcutta .

Morung Saul. See Shorea — -

Munhacadamboo - - - -

Travancore

—

38

15

•623

394

Murraya-? (Maikay) — -

-

-

GO

13

•973

847

A strong tough wood.

Myrsine capitellata — — -

Nander wood. See Dalbergia.

Nepal

-

-

21

11

•347

911

Said to be compact and hard.

Nar, or sacred wood - — -

Ceylon

-

-

55

0

■880

584

Used by the natives for building templesand royal palaces ; an excellent wood.

Neddoon. See Dalbergia.

Nedun. See Dalbergia.

j

Neerovalum - - — —

Travancore

_

24

5 ’

•389

423

Nellee

Ceylon

-

-

34

8

• 552

589

Neltv, or Xelly - - - -i

Travancore

—

42

5

•677

419

Nerium tinctorium — — -

India —

—

“

39

14

■638

692