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Reviews IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 4 (4),1983 A dictionary of MaIaysian timbers. T.M. Wong, Identificacion macroscopica de aIgunas maderas xviii + 259 pp., 1982. Malayan Forest Records de latinoarnerica y CIave para la identificacion No. 30, The Forest Department, Peninsular Ma­ macroscopica de maderas a nivel de familia. laysia, Jalan Mahameru, Kuala Lumpur, Malay­ Alirio Perez Mogoll6n, 83 pp., 30 ilIus., 1981. sia. Price unknown (cloth). Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias This is another useful issue of the Malayan Forestales, Merida, Venezuela. Price unknown. Forest Records. Timbers are treated alphabeti­ This publication consists of two parts: I. A cally by their Latin generic name and their book with a description of the macroscopic common (Malaysian) trade name. Under the characters as used for the species (148) and the vernacular and other trade narnes cross referen­ families (70), completed with a list of scientific ces are given to both the scientific and common and vernacular names, and 2. A key to the fam­ trade names. Information is provided on hard­ ilies in the form of a punch card system, devel­ ness, density, sapwood and heartwood colours, oped by the author. texture and grain, workability, durability and The wood specimens used in this study are uses. Air drying rates, Kiln drying schedules mainly from Brazil and Venezuela, and in addi­ and data on shrinkage and strength are given tion some sampies from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru were studied. The majority is from for elaborately tested species only. There are also entries for woody families with references the Krukoff collection, still the best vouchered to their most important timber producing spe­ Latin American wood collection ever made. eies. In all about 200 timbers of commercial Hence, the material is very reliable. The macro­ potential are described from Peninsular Malay­ scopic characters are alm ost identical to those sia as weil as from Sabah and Sarawak. used in the Lens Key for the identification of The book will be a welcome source of infor­ hardwoods, published as For. Prod. Res. Bull. mation to the international timber trade and No. 25 in 1960 (London). The terminology is those wood anatomists who have to identify according to the IAWA Glossary of Terms used in Wood Anatomy. The advantage of the use of commercial sam pies from Malaysia from time to time. Pieter Baas these two publications as the basis for the pub­ lication under review is that this book and its Tbe tropicaI and subtropical woods of Yunnan key can be used by everyone aIthough it is pub­ Province. (Chinese). Tang Yao, vii + 274 pp., Iished in Spanish. The key is very easy to 79 plates, 1973. Science Press, Peking. Price operate. For all characters used there is one unknown (paper). punch card with all families as entries. Charac­ In this book the comparative wood anatomy ter no. 38 (included phloem) is according to of c. 200 species, belonging to 161 genera and the card to be found in: Nyctaginaceae, Conna­ 68 families from Yunnan are described. There raceae, Papilionaceae, Vochysiaceae, Polygala­ ceae, Hippocrateaceae,' Dilleniaceae, Melasto­ are short introductions under family headings; the woods are described per genus; comparisons mataceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae. The with species from other parts of China are Loganiaceae are listed as a family without in­ made as far as possible. Thirty-five species are cluded phloem, although many taxa show this considered to be of commercial importance. character. Among these Chukrasia tabularis and Toona After the (many) publications by Record suren i (Meliaceae), Pometea tomentosa (Sapin­ and Hess, some 30 to 40 years ago, this is a first approach to produce a workable key for daceae) and Terminalia spp. (Combretaceae) are the most valuable. Other cabinet timbers neotropical timber species. The printing quality, are also included (e.g. species of Mesua, Garci­ lay-out and contents have a good standard. As nia, Lagerstroemia, Homalium). such, this book can serve as an example for There is a fine collection of plates, illustra­ other wood anatomists in Latin America of ting tree habit, macroscopic bark features and how to publish their data. Finally, wood anato­ micrographs of high quality wood sections. The mists at Forest Products Research Institutes, latter make this book also accessible to and val­ dealing with tim ber identification, will most uable for the wood anatomist who is not con­ certainly benefit from this work. versant with the Chinese language. Ben l.H. ter Welle Pieter Baas (partly bascd on author's summary) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IAWA Journal Brill

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IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 4 (4),1983 A dictionary of MaIaysian timbers. T.M. Wong, Identificacion macroscopica de aIgunas maderas xviii + 259 pp., 1982. Malayan Forest Records de latinoarnerica y CIave para la identificacion No. 30, The Forest Department, Peninsular Ma­ macroscopica de maderas a nivel de familia. laysia, Jalan Mahameru, Kuala Lumpur, Malay­ Alirio Perez Mogoll6n, 83 pp., 30 ilIus., 1981. sia. Price unknown (cloth). Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias This is another useful issue of the Malayan Forestales, Merida, Venezuela. Price unknown. Forest Records. Timbers are treated alphabeti­ This publication consists of two parts: I. A cally by their Latin generic name and their book with a description of the macroscopic common (Malaysian) trade name. Under the characters as used for the species (148) and the vernacular and other trade narnes cross referen­ families (70), completed with a list of scientific ces are given to both the scientific and common and vernacular names, and 2. A key to the fam­ trade names. Information is provided on hard­ ilies in the form of a punch card system, devel­ ness, density, sapwood and heartwood colours, oped by the author. texture and grain, workability, durability and The wood specimens used in this study are uses. Air drying rates, Kiln drying schedules mainly from Brazil and Venezuela, and in addi­ and data on shrinkage and strength are given tion some sampies from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru were studied. The majority is from for elaborately tested species only. There are also entries for woody families with references the Krukoff collection, still the best vouchered to their most important timber producing spe­ Latin American wood collection ever made. eies. In all about 200 timbers of commercial Hence, the material is very reliable. The macro­ potential are described from Peninsular Malay­ scopic characters are alm ost identical to those sia as weil as from Sabah and Sarawak. used in the Lens Key for the identification of The book will be a welcome source of infor­ hardwoods, published as For. Prod. Res. Bull. mation to the international timber trade and No. 25 in 1960 (London). The terminology is those wood anatomists who have to identify according to the IAWA Glossary of Terms used in Wood Anatomy. The advantage of the use of commercial sam pies from Malaysia from time to time. Pieter Baas these two publications as the basis for the pub­ lication under review is that this book and its Tbe tropicaI and subtropical woods of Yunnan key can be used by everyone aIthough it is pub­ Province. (Chinese). Tang Yao, vii + 274 pp., Iished in Spanish. The key is very easy to 79 plates, 1973. Science Press, Peking. Price operate. For all characters used there is one unknown (paper). punch card with all families as entries. Charac­ In this book the comparative wood anatomy ter no. 38 (included phloem) is according to of c. 200 species, belonging to 161 genera and the card to be found in: Nyctaginaceae, Conna­ 68 families from Yunnan are described. There raceae, Papilionaceae, Vochysiaceae, Polygala­ ceae, Hippocrateaceae,' Dilleniaceae, Melasto­ are short introductions under family headings; the woods are described per genus; comparisons mataceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae. The with species from other parts of China are Loganiaceae are listed as a family without in­ made as far as possible. Thirty-five species are cluded phloem, although many taxa show this considered to be of commercial importance. character. Among these Chukrasia tabularis and Toona After the (many) publications by Record suren i (Meliaceae), Pometea tomentosa (Sapin­ and Hess, some 30 to 40 years ago, this is a first approach to produce a workable key for daceae) and Terminalia spp. (Combretaceae) are the most valuable. Other cabinet timbers neotropical timber species. The printing quality, are also included (e.g. species of Mesua, Garci­ lay-out and contents have a good standard. As nia, Lagerstroemia, Homalium). such, this book can serve as an example for There is a fine collection of plates, illustra­ other wood anatomists in Latin America of ting tree habit, macroscopic bark features and how to publish their data. Finally, wood anato­ micrographs of high quality wood sections. The mists at Forest Products Research Institutes, latter make this book also accessible to and val­ dealing with tim ber identification, will most uable for the wood anatomist who is not con­ certainly benefit from this work. versant with the Chinese language. Ben l.H. ter Welle Pieter Baas (partly bascd on author's summary)

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