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ALGUM, or ALMUG TREE

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 656 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALGUM, or ALMUG TREE  . The
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Hebrew words Algummim or Almuggim are translated Algum or Almug trees in the authorized version of the Bible (see 1 Kings x . 11, 12; 2 Chron. ii . 8, and ix. to, 11); amug is an erroneous form (see Max Muller, Science of Language, vol. i.) . The wood of the tree was very precious, and was brought from
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Ophir (probably some
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part of India), along with gold and precious stones, by Hiram, and was used in the formation of pillars for the temple at Jerusalem, and for the king's house; also for the
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inlaying of stairs, as well as for harps and psalteries . It is probably the red sanders or red 1 Comptes Rendus, t. cxx. p . 125 . 2 Astr . Jour . No . 318.sandal-wood of India (Ptervcarpussantalinus) . This tree belongs to. the natural order
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Leguminosae, sub-order Papilionaceae .

The wood is hard, heavy,

close-grained and of a
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fine red colour . It is different from the white fragrant sandal-wood, which is the produce of Santalum album, a tree belonging to a distinct natural order Santalaceae .

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