2. Szmecabpus.] 31. ANACAEBIACEJE. [4. Buchanania. 



thickened margin. Petiole 1-2''. Panicle stout pubescent as long as or j 

 longer than tho leaves. Fls. £'' diam., polygamo-dicedous. C lyx £" long i 

 with 5 small teeth, tube accrescent with the receptacle. Petals oblong J 

 with rounded apex, greenish-yellow. 8t. .^inserted outside and at the ; 

 base of the disc. Ovary 1-celled tomentose with 3 stylos. Drupe 1 I | 

 coriaceous. 



The juice causes blisters and woodmen therefore object to felling the | 

 trees. The ripe orange cup of the fruit is eaten and also, it is said, the 

 kernel of the fruits but the pericarp is full of a black juice which is a 

 powerful vesicant and is used for marking clothes. The fruits form an j 

 important ingredient in some natve medicines for dyspepsia, piles and 

 akin diseases. They probably give the active principle in the mixture | 

 used for "chobing" elephants' feet. 



3. Mangifera, L. Mango. 



Trees. Fls. small, polygamous in terminal panicles, pedicels I 

 articulate. Calyx 4-5-partite. Pet. 4-5, only 1-2 usually ) 

 perfect, inserted within the tumid lobed disc. Ovary sessile j 

 1-celled, oblique, style lateral, ovule pendulous from a sub- j 

 basal f unicle. Drupe large fleshy ; stone compressed, fibrous. 



1. M- indica, L. Uli, K. ; Ul, S., and the frnit Amsi ; 

 Am, H. 



The wild mango is very similar to the cultivated one and, 

 is a fine large tree 60 ft. high and up to 8 ft. or more girth. 

 The fruit is 3-4" long with a very large stone, thin rind and 

 very abundant pleasant juice but little flesh. 



Along rocky valleys and banks of streams, common in Singbhum. Also 

 in Manbhum and on Par.isnath. Possibly wild and indigenous through- 

 out Chota Nngpur, certainly so in Singbhum. El. J any. -March. Fr. May- 

 June. Evergreen, renews leaves in June. 



An important food in times of famine ; large baskets of the fruit are 

 boiled and the liquid drunk, while the kernels, after being steamed, are 

 also eaten. 



4. Buchanania, Roxb. 



1. B. latifolia. Roxb. Tarub, K.\ Tarop., S.) Piar, Kharw.\ 

 1'iar, rial, H. 



A small straight tree with rough bark, stiff entire strongly 

 nerved oblong simple leaves 6-10" long and axillary and 



