544 LXXXIX, SAPOTACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Bassia. 
(usually 6-8-) celled ; style linear. Berry globose or oblong-ellipsoid, 1-3- 
(rarely 4-5-) seeded. Seeds ellipsoid, hilum long, sometimes large; albumen 0; 
radicle very small; cotyledons hemi-ellipsoid, fleshy.—DrsrRIs. Species 30; in 
India, Malaya and Polynesia. 
* Calyx-lobes 4, the 2 outer subvalvate including the others. 
+ Species of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon ( B. latifolia, extending north- 
wards to Kumaon). 
1. B. latifolia, Roxb. Cor. Pl. 20,t.19,and FJ. Ind. ii, 526; leaveselliptic or 
oblong-elliptic shortly acuminate, calyx rusty-tomentose, anthers 20-30 3-seriate 
subsessile. Wall. Cat. 4163; A. DC. Prodr. viii. 198; Dalz. §& Gibs. Bomb. 
Fl. 139; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 41; Brand For, Fl. 289. B. villosa, Wall. Cat. 
4165.—Mahwah or Madhuca, C. Hamilton in As, Research. i. 300-808, with fig. 
Throughout CENTRAL Lena ; alt. 1-4000 ft., abundant ; from West Bengal to the 
Western Ghauts ; also wild in the Kumaon Terai.— DrsTRIBP. Ava. 
A tree, 50 ft., with a large head, the leaves clustered at the ends of the branches; 
all the young parts densely rusty-woolly. Leaves 5 by 3 in., varying in size, and from 
round-obovate to broad-lanceolate, acute, base cuneate, densely woolly beneath when 
young, in age glabrescent, primary nerves 12 on each side, subparallel, 4-3 in. apart, 
secondary very prominent, glabrous or obscurely pubescent ; petiole 1-15 in. ; stipules 
linear, caducous.  Pedicels 1-13 in., woolly, in dense clusters near the ends of the 
branches. Calyx-lobes 4-4 in., ovate, subacute, densely rusty-tomentose; nearly 
always 4, rarely 5; the two outer segments always subvalvate and enclosing the 
others. Corolla % in., yellowish white, tube fleshy ; lobes 7-14 (usually 8-9), short, 
erect. Stamens usually 24-26; anthers hairy, acuminate. Berry 1-2 in., ovoid, 
1-4-seeded.— The corollas, collected and dried, form an important article of food 
both for men and animals in Central India, and yield by distillation a coarse spirit. 
The seeds yield an inferior oil, largely eaten by the tribes. Moa-tree, of the English 
denizens, 
2. B. longifolia, Linn. Mant. 563; leaves lanceolate narrowed at both 
ends glabrous distinctly nerved, anthers 16 2-seriate subsessile tips 3-toothed, 
young fruit globose densely hirsute. Gaertn. Fruct. t. 104; Lamk. Ill. t. 398 ; 
Wall. Cat. 4162; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 528; A. DC. Prodr, viii. 197 ; Wight Ill. 
t. 147; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 189; Thwaites Enum, 175; Bedd. Fl, Sylv. 
t. 42. 
Mazrazan; from Canara southwards, and CEYLON; common. 
A tree, 50 ft. ; leaves clustered towards the ends of the branches; allthe young 
parts rusty-tomentose. Leaves 4-5 by 13 in., mature glabrescent, primary nerves 12 
on each side, distinct, secondary distinct; petiole 1-13 in.; stipules linear. — Pedicels 
1-2 in. tomentose, in dense clusters near the ends of the branches. Calya-lobes 
4-4 in., ovate, subacute. Corolla 3 in. ; lobes usually 6, scarcely one-third the length 
of the tube. Filaments hairy; anthers 3-toothed at the apex (A. DC.), the short 
mueronation of the connective between the tips of the two cells giving this appear- 
ance more strongly than is indicated in any of the figures. Berry 1-1} in. diam., 
globose, ultimately nearly glabrous, 1-2-seeded or ( Jide Roxburgh) sometimes 3-4- 
seeded.— The figure of Gaertner shows the fruit 5-seeded, which may be an error; 
A. DC. doubts this figure, while he expresses no doubt about Lamarck’s (Ill. t. 398) 
which is copied from it. This species has beon much confounded with the next, but 
the young fruit is widely different. 
3. B. malabarica, Bedd. For. Man. 140; branchlets glabrous, leaves 
lanceolate or oblong obtuse or scarcely acute glabrescent distinctly nerved, 
stamens 16 in 2 series subsessile connective excurrent lanceolate-linear, young 
fruit oblong-lanceolate glabrous. 
Sourn Canara, Marasam, and the AwawALLAYs; up to 4000 ft, abundant, 
Beddome. 
