Mangifera.'] Anacardiaceo:. 317 



glabrous; pet. oblong-oval, obtuse, recurved; ov. pilose, style 

 short ; drupe broadly pyriform-ovoid, \ in., somewhat com- 

 pressed. 



Low country ; rather rare. Jaffna (Gardner) ; Haldummulla ; Gala- 

 gam a ; Morowak Korale ; Hantane 2000ft. (Gardner). Fl. April; white. 



Also in Southern India. 



The Ceylon plant has rather thicker leaves and a little larger fruits 

 than the type, and is called van zeyUmka by Engler (Mon. Phan. iv. 184). 



Anacardhcm occidentalc^ L., <-he Cashew-nut, is so completely esta- 

 blished in the low country, especially in sandy ground near the sea, as to 

 have all the look of a native tree. There are specimens in Hermann's 

 Herbarium. The Sinhalese call it ' Caju,' an adoption of the name used 

 by the Portuguese, who no doubt introduced it. The Tamil name for the 

 edible part is ' Montirikay.' It is figured in Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 163. Its 

 native country is Tropical America, and ' Acaju ' is the native Brazilian 

 name. 



2. BIANGIFERA, L. 



Large trees; 1. simple; fl. polygamous, in terminal panicles; 

 sep. 5, imbricate ; pet. 5, with thick veins, imbricate ; disk 

 large, 5-lobed ; stam. 5-8, only one fertile, rest barren and 

 reduced in size, inserted within the disk ; ov. i -celled, funicle 

 of ovule inserted on side near base, style lateral ; drupe with 

 a fibrous compressed stone. — Sp. 27; 20 in Fl. B. Ind. 



"Sd. zeylanica, Hk.f. Fl. B. Ind. ii. 16 (1876). Bt-amba, Wal- 

 amba, S. Kaddu-ma, T. 



Biichana7tia(?) ze)'la?uca, Bl. Mus. Bot. i. 185. M. indica^ Thw. 

 Enum. 75 (non L.). Engler, Mon. 204. C. P. 1256, 2614. 

 Fl. B. ind. ii. 16. 



A very large tree, bark rather rough, brownish-grey, young 

 parts glabrous ; 1. 2-6 in., lanceolate- or oval-oblong, much 

 tapering to base, usually very obtuse, rarely shortly acuminate, 

 glabrous, entire, coriaceous, venation reticulate, petiole about 

 ^in.; fl. small, on rather long, slender, glabrous, jointed ped., 

 in elongated, erect, stout, narrowly pyramidal, glabrous, ter- 

 minal panicles ; sep. ovate, obtuse, quite glabrous ; pet. twice 

 as long as sep., obtuse, clawed, reflexed; barren stam. reduced 

 to short subulate processes; drupe li in., ovoid, compressed, 

 smooth. 



Forests of the low country in both moist and dry regions ; common. 

 Fl. Feb. March ; pale yellow. 



Endemic. 



Attains a very large size. 



Wood dull whitish, rather light, soft, coarse-grained. The fruit is 

 occasionally eaten by the Sinhalese, but is very unpalatable. The tree is 

 not cultivated. 



