juar

Updated: May 4, 2025

Juar, ebony, called in the Batavian Catalogue kayu arang, or charcoal-wood, is found here in great plenty. By the Malays it is usually called kayu chamara, from the resemblance of its branches to the ornamental cowtails of Upper India.

William Marsden - The History of Sumatra: Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And: Manners Of The Native Inhabitants