Kayu kudrang, a wood of Malacca, furnishes a yellow dye, sells at 12s. 6d. per 1333 lbs.
Kayu kutoh, or wooden gong, on which the Malay mata mata,' literally man with eyes,' or watchman, beats the hour. This instrument closely resembles the teponaztli,' an instrument still in use by the Indians in the Cordilleras of Mexico, the deep thudding sound of which may be heard a distance of several miles.
Kayu lakka or Kayu lakah, of Singapore, a red dye-wood, applicable to the same purpose as red sanders wood.
Kayu lakkar and Kerta ambuk are woods of Malacca, burned as incense.
Kayu-legi, Kayu-manis, Cassia lignea, bark of Cassia liguea.
Kayu maranti, MALAY., a quick-growing timber tree of Borneo. In grain it resembles cedar, and, like it, is of a reddish colour. It is much valued for making packing-cases, planks for the sides of houses, etc., and when protected from the weather it is a good and useful timber.
Kayu mencabang, or Mencabang pinang, is one of the trees which produce the vegetable tallow. It is plentiful in the forests, but would be more profitable for its fruit (which is small and pro duces good oil) than its timber, though for this it is also held in high esteem. The wood is close grained, hard, of a reddish colour, easily worked, and very durable. This tree differs from the others which produce the vegetable oil, in growing to a much greater height.
Kayu merbau is a fine durable timber, very useful in ship and house building, being easily worked and very durable.
Kayu middang bunga, a fawn-coloured wood of Singapore, not durable if exposed.
Kayu mungris, a fine large tree ; is, while fresh, nearly as hard as the iron-wood, and more difficult to work, though it is very durable, but not so much so as the balean or iron-wood.
Kayu nan in Tavoy, Kaiyah in Moulmein, Tavoy red-wood, Syndesmus Tavoyana, is very abundant on the sea-coast from Amherst to Mergui ; also on banks of rivers in the province of Martaban near the sea. It is one of the best woods in the country for helves ;- tough, light, very durable, plentiful ; long in the fibre, neither liable to split nor to warp nor to break readily.
Used by Burmese for planes, spears, boats, stocks of guns, and all kinds of purposes. This wood is of a most beautiful colour, a combination of pink, cream colour, and red, and takes a very high polish.
Kayo neri is a very hard wood, growing with the mangrove in salt swamps. Its timber, which has a reddish appearance, is not large, but very abundant.
Kayo pindis or Kapini of Sumatra, a species of Metrosideros, is named also Kayu besi or iron wood, on account of its extraordinary hardness, as it turns the edge of common tools.
Kayn-puteh, white wood, Arbor alba of Van Bumph, tho Cajaput oil tree or Kayuputi tree, Melaleuca cajaputi.
Kayu rasak, a wood of Borneo, resembles the bintatigur, is close-grained, strong, and tough, and is used for rudders, masts, and oars for the trading boats.
Kayo rungas, a red wood, handsomely veined, which takes a fine polish, and is much used at Singapore for the purposes of furniture-making. Like the ebony, it is only the old wood in the centre of the tree which is of a useful colour.
Kayo sappan, Ctesalpinia &appall.
Kayo sona, a timber tree, much used at Bawean in prahu and house-building.
Hayti maw panjaong, literally tree of long life, grows on Dempo Hill in Sumatra ; it is about 6 feet high.
Kay-vang-dee, Cocir.-Clux., sassafras wood.
Kayo wali kukun, a wood of Java, is equal to the kusambi in weight, and exceeds it in hardness. It is employed for anchors, naves of wheels, machinery, etc.
Kayu wrong or bayur, a light and tolerably durable wood, is employed for masts and spars of small vessels; but the surface must be well covered with resinous substances to prevent it splitting.
Kayn-yndhan, Santalum album.
Kay yoob, Buim., a tree of Moulmein. Its wood is used as an ordinary building material. —Cameron ; Dance ; Low's Sarawak ; Calcutta Review.