125. MORACE.E. [7. Abtoca^pus. 



scarcely exserted stamens, deciduous. Fern, recept. irregularly 

 sub-globose, 3-4" diani. and yellow when ripe with the surface nearly 

 smooth. 



Wild in the Champaran forests! also in the Saranda forests of Siugbhum ! 

 Manbhum, Camp. ! Ranchi (Damuda ghats) ! Hazaribagh (Parasnath) ! and m the 

 Mais of Puri 1 possibly Avild also in Purneah ! Frequent in villages throughout 

 the area ! Wild but rare in the Orissa States, Cooper. Fl. Dec. and April. Fr. 

 May and Oct.-Nov. Sub-deciduous March. 



Bark grey, flaky in small scales, blaze red. immediately followed by drops of 

 white latex. Leaves with S-13 strong sec. n. nearly reaching the niargm, ter- 

 tiaries numerous, raised beneath, scalariform and closely reticulate, pubescent. 

 Young leaves sometimes serrate {F.B.I.). Petiole '5-1". Stipules -5", lanceolate 

 villous, caducous but leaving a considerable scar. 



The timber is not of much value in our province, as the trunk does not attain 

 any great height as it does in more humid forests. Gamble states that it is highly 

 prized in the Andamans and gives the wt. as 40 lbs. The young male recepts as 

 well as the fruit are eaten. Hamilton states that the basket makers stain bamboo 

 by equal parts of the bark of this tree and of the '* Dangtrangga " beaten together 

 with a little lime and water. 



2. A. chaplasha, Ro.xb. Latar, Nep. 



A magnificent, tall, straight tree occurring in the forests of the Darjeeling 

 district fust north of our boundary, but probably not now within it. The leaves of 

 young trees are 1-2 ft. long, elliptic lanceolate and irregularly pinnatifid with a 

 large terminal lobe, of mature trees broad oljovate 8-12" with prominent nerves. 

 Bark smooth light coloured, slightly transversely marked from the stipular scars, 

 old slightly cracked. Stipules fo" sheathing. Fruits 3-4" diam,, globose, tuber- 

 cled with the flattish hispidulous tips of the anthocarps. 



Fr, June, 



3. A. integrifolia, L. f. Kathal, H. ; Kanthar, K., S. ; Panus, Or. 



Jack Fruit (the name Jack said to be derived from the Indian 



names jaca or tsjaka, vide De CandoUe, Orujin ofCuHivated Plants. 



I can find no record of such a name for this tree in India. The 



Sanscrit name is Panasa). 

 A well-known tree with very dense rounded crown, coriaceous 

 elliptic entire (or in young plants sometimes lobed) leaves 4-8" long, 

 of a dark shining green above. Petiole -5-1". Stipules glabrous 

 long sheathing and leaving an annular scar after falling. Male 

 recept cylindric 2-0" without bracteoles to the flowers, tepals 2. 

 Fruiting recepts attaining enormous size, 12-30", tubercled. 



Everywhere cultivated, but succeeds best in the moister districts. Native of the 

 Western Ghats. Fl, Dec.-Feb. Fr. r s. 



The recepts are lateral on the trunks and branches, but on special branchlets. 

 The inflorescence is at first enclosed in 2 very large leathery yellowish bract-like 

 stipules belonging to the leaf (often small) on the special branchlet in whose ajtil 

 the first recept arises together with another lateral bud, the main axis is slightly 

 displaced by the developing recept and the next very reduced internode bears 

 again a pair of large stipules and a younger recept and sometimes a bud ; this 

 arrangement is continued and the buds develop according to the luxuriance of the 

 branchlet, on which the small lea\-es may remain or not ; the bud arises alternately 

 to the right and the left of the developing recept. 



The wood of the Jack is excellent and is largely used for the large drums 

 (dumung) of the Kols and Santals. The fruit sometimes weighs up to 80 lbs. and 

 is said to be demulcent, nutritious and laxative. It is rather difficult to digest 

 and, in large quantities, produces diarrhoea. The seed is roasted and eaten. The 

 tree' readily germinates from seed, which is large (over 1" long) and ellipsoid. 

 The seedling- requires shade. 



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