2 TERMINALIA OLIVERI. 
A moderate-sized tree, attaining 40-50 feet, with a girth of 
4—5 feet. Stem me oe shaped, often channelled, somewhat like 
the Hornbeam: bar eenish grey. During the dry season the 
leaves turn red before falling. The bark is thick and brittle ; its cells 
contain an abundance of starch and calcium-oxalate crystals, but, 
apparently, no tannin. The decoction of the bark gives a light 
coloured extract which has been largely used to adulterate cutch (the 
extract of the heart-wood of Acacia Catechu), but is believed to be 
7. ineffective as a tanning material. 
very common tree in the dry ch se of the Irawaddi valley 
Gkich commences aorih of the 19th degree N. lat., and extends 
as far as Mandalay. It is also found in the le jewel part of the Chindwin 
valley, and near the head waters of the Sitang valley. In this exten- 
sive dry region, with a mean annual rainfall. of only 20-30 inches, 
Terminalia Oliveri is associated with Cutch in a thin open forest, from 
which the Cutch, being the more valuable tree, has been much cut out. 
The other trees found in this forest are: Tectona Hamiltoniana, 
Shorea siamensis, and Terminalia tomentosa, 
From the Indian species of the section Pentaptera this tree rig: 
- a Sealey manner in the small size of the leaves and fruit 
. BRANDI 
Fig. 1. Two athe attached. 2. Calyx-tube, laid open. 3. Ovary. 4. Vertical 
section of same. 5, Frui t. Excepting No. 5, all enlarged. 
