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Vegetation of Southeast Asia Studies of Forest Types 1963-1965

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Timber species <strong>of</strong> commercial importance in the Rain forest <strong>of</strong><br />

Thailand include:<br />

Afzelia bakeri<br />

Afzelia xylocarpa<br />

Ailanthus fauveilana<br />

Amoora polystachya<br />

Anisoptera cochinchinensjs<br />

Anisoptera glabra<br />

Artocarpus calophylla<br />

Artocarpus lakoocha<br />

Balanocarpus heimii<br />

CalophylluT! floribundun<br />

Calophyllum inoph.yllu.ii "<br />

Calophyllum pulcherrirr.um<br />

Cedrela toona<br />

Cinnamomum iners<br />

Cotylelobium lanceolatum<br />

Dalbergia cochinchinensis<br />

Dipterocarpus alatus<br />

Dipteroearpus baudii<br />

Dipterocarpus costatus<br />

Dipterocarpus dyerii<br />

Dipterocarpu<br />

Dipterocarpus incanus<br />

Dipterocarpus kerrii<br />

Dipterocarpus kunstleri<br />

Dipterocarpus pilosus<br />

Dipterocarpus turbinatus<br />

Fagrafa cochin o h inens is<br />

Hopea ferrea<br />

Hopea odorata<br />

Hopea pierrei<br />

Hopea recopei<br />

Lagerstroe^iia balansae<br />

Lagerstroenia calyculata<br />

Lagerstroemia flos-reginae<br />

Litsea grandis<br />

Mesua ferrea<br />

Michelia chanpaca<br />

Paras'norea stellata<br />

Phoebe paniculata<br />

Sandoricun ir.dicum<br />

Shore a cpohir.c:iinensis<br />

Shorea curtisij.<br />

Shorea glauca<br />

Shore a gratjssir.a<br />

Shorea guiso<br />

Shorea hypochra<br />

Shorea parvii'olia<br />

Shorea veisneri<br />

Vatica cinerea~<br />

Vatica wallichii<br />

Many minor forest products obtained from the f:ain forest include:<br />

Rattans (Calamus species), which furnish spliats exported for the<br />

manufacture <strong>of</strong> cane-seats and backs <strong>of</strong> chairs. TV:a core remaining<br />

after the rigid outer part has been removed is used for making reed<br />

furniture and light-weight baskets. Selected canes, for making walking<br />

sticks known as Malacca canes, are de7ived from Calamus scipionum,<br />

growing in southern peninsular Thailand. Rattans are also utilized<br />

extensively for lashing logs into rafts. Considerable quantities <strong>of</strong><br />

rattans have long been exporied to Singapore, the center for this<br />

forest product from various countries <strong>of</strong> <strong>Southeast</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>.<br />

Dammar resins are obtained from several species <strong>of</strong> the wood-oil<br />

family (Dipterocarpaceae), especially Balanocarpus beimii, Anisoptera<br />

spp., and Shorea hypochra. The best daramar, known as 'white dammar 1<br />

and used in the manufacture <strong>of</strong> high grade varnish, is furnished by<br />

Balanocarpus heimii.<br />

Gamboge gum, the product o:' Garcinia hanburyi, is a bright yellow<br />

resin <strong>of</strong> appreciable commercial importance, used especially as a.<br />

coloring agent.<br />

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