kempasn.
/ˈkɛmpəs/ A hardwood timber tree, Koompassia malaccensis, native to Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo; also, the wood of this tree.
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1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. viii. 100 The ore and charcoal, (of the Kompas, Kamoui, or other hard woods,) are gradually heaped up.
a1869 A. C. Maingay in Kew Bull. (1890) 122 Koompass... Wood yellowish white... Used for shipbuilding.
1935 I. H. Burkill Dict. Econ. Products Malay Peninsula II. 1286 Kempas sheds all its leaves every year.
1940 E. J. H. Corner Wayside Trees Malaya I. 397 The Kempas occurs throughout the lowland forest in swampy ground or on hillsides.
1956 Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Products Res. Lab.) 127 Kempas normally seasons fairly well.
1959 ‘M. Derby’ Tigress ii. 98 He waited in the fork of the kempas tree.
1965 C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari i. 16 There are..medium hardwoods such as kapur, kempas and keruing.
1972 T. C. Whitmore Tree Flora of Malaya I. 266/2 Kempas is a smaller tree than tualang, it is more often cut for timber.
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