3. tfOYMDA. ] 30. MULIACJl'JE. [5. Azadieachta. 



thick wrinkled brancblets and pari -pinnate leaves 9-18" long, 

 usually red when yonng. Fls. greenish white in large terminal 

 panicles. Tree often conspicuous from the large ellipsoid or 

 obovoid pendent fruits, woody and septifragally 5-valved 

 when ripe. 



Singbhum rara,. (at Chimb era); Gangpur, common ; Manbhum, com- 

 mon in the Ttmdi forest, Camp.; and in other parts (e.g. along Barakka 

 R.); Hazaribagh, frequent ; coppiced on the Tcpchanchi bills. Palamau, 

 frequent. Small stunted specimens a few feet high are very common in 

 ruined forests ; the young leaves are easily recognized by their red 

 veins and petioles. 



Fl. April-May. Fr. May-June (ripe ?) when nearly bare of leaves, 

 and new shoots appear in the same months. 



Lftts. 3-6 pair, distant opp. or alt., 2-4" long, broadly oblong or elliptic 

 obtuse with very oblique base, sprinkled when young with small sessile 

 glands otherwise glabrous. Sep. 5 short imbricate. Pet. t obovate. 

 Bt.-tube cupular, 10-cleft, lobes again 2-toothed, anthers between the 

 teeth. Ovary 5-celled. Capsule 8" by 2'' (1-2' long only according to 

 Brandis) with a large 5-rayed central axir and numerous large-winged 

 seeds. 



The bark is bitter and astringent. Among the Santals a decoction is 

 given for rheumatic swellings, Camp. Wood used for oil millB. etc., 

 very hard. Kundur (gunpowder) is prepared from its wood in Gangpur. 



Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss. (sometimes spelt Chickrassia), 



In a pamphlet entitled " On the Flora of Behar and the mountain 

 Parasnath by Thomas Anderson, formerly Superintendent of the 

 Koyal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, it is stated that Chickrassia tabularis 

 occurs on Parasnath from base to Bummit ! This is the only record, 

 and I suspect an error as I have failed to find it on Parasnath or any- 

 where else in Chota JTrgpur. C. tabularis has 5-12 prs. of leaflets. 

 White flowers \'' long with erect oblong petals -and a woody capsule 

 about li-lf" long. 



5. izadiraclita, A. Juss. 



1. A« indica, -4- Juss, Syn. Melia Azadirachta, L. Nim, 

 B. , The Neem tree. 



A handsome tree with pinnate leaves, 5-9 pair of coarsely- 

 serrate unequal-sided leaflets and axillary panicles of white 

 Bcented flowers. 



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