Distribution:

Wood is most widely used in match industry, especially for match-boxes. Suitable for shingles, canones, toys, scab-boards, cooperage, bush handles, well-curbs, tea-chest plywood, pencils and pen-holders, and frames. Also used for cushioning mine-props and for inside portions of opium-chests. Floss used for stuffing life-belts, mattresses, cushions and pillows, upholstery, and quilts. Also used as an insulating material for refrigerators, sound-proof covers and walls; it is better than cotton-wool for packing fragile materials. Fibre is spun into yarn used for the manufacture of plushes. Tender leaves eaten, also lopped for fodder. Flower-buds and fleshy calyces eaten as vegetable. Bark demulcent, tonic, and styptic . Fruit stimulant, expectorant, and diuretic, used in calculus affections and ulceration of bladder and kidneys. Seeds yield an edible fatty oil, also used for soap-making and as an illuminant. Tree yields a gum called Mocharus. It is demulcent tonic, and styptic. Also used for caulking boats.