SO. MELIAQEM. |2 Cedbela. 



Petals 3-5 thick, concave, white • . . 11. Amoora. 



Petals 5 concave, yellow. Shoots lepidote . . 12. Aglaia. 

 N.B. -The "length and shape of the staminal tube is usually correlated 

 with that of the petals: concave petals = urceolate tube, oblong petals = 

 cylindrical tube, etc. 



1. Ctaloroxylon, D.C. 



1- C Swieteilia, V.C. Sengel-Sali, K. ; Bharhul, Kharw. ; 

 Bhira, H. Indian Satinwood. 



A small or mod.-sized tree with thick corky bark, 



?retty, greyish or glaucous-green pinnate foliage, leaflets 

 0-20 pairs, about V- long, gland-dotted. FIs. white \" diam. 

 on the cymo6e branchlets of pubescent 3-5'' long panicles 

 which are clustered towards the ends of the branches from 

 the leaf scars. 



Singbbum, usually on northern slopes and local ; Gangpur ; Palamau 

 (woods near the IJrunga R., etc.), frequent. Fl. March-April when 

 leafless. Fr. May-June. Deciduous Feby.-April. 



Lfits. rhomboid-oblong with rounded apex, petiolule l^'', rachis with 

 petiole 8-12'' long. Pet. with slender olaws. 8t. 10 from the sinuses of 

 the prominent disc. Ovary pubescent, 3-celled and -lobed. Capsule 

 3-gonous, oblong-ovoid, 1-1^, 3-celled with winged seeds. 



The wood is eagerly sought after, hence the scarcity of large trees. 

 It is often found on the sides of hills in the form of coppice. The lea res 

 blister the skin if rubbed on it, hence the Kol name Sengel-Sali (Sengel= 

 fire), and cattle will not browse on it. 



3. Cedrela, L. > 



Trees. L. pinnate. Fls. short-oblong white in terminal, and 

 sub-terminal panicles, 4-6- usually 5-merous. St. often witb 

 alternating staminodes, inserted on the fleshy disc, which is 

 more or less adnate to the base of the ovary. Ovary 5-celled. 

 Cells with several 2 -seriate pendulous ovules. Capsule 

 septifragally 5-valved, globose when yoUng, then ellipsoid 

 or oblong. Seeds many imbricate winged at one or both ends. 



1. C. ToOEa, Ro-rb. Katangai, Roronga, Ho. ; Katangari, 

 M. ; Tun, H. The Toon tree. 



1 Vide Records, Botanical Survey of India, III, 4, on the Indian Speoiei 

 of Cedrela by C De^Candolle. 



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