108 ANACARDIACE^I. \_Manffifera. 



3. M. sylvatica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 644; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 15^ Kurz 

 i. 304; Gamble 24. Vern. Bun am, Ass.; Lakshmi am, Sylhet; 

 Chuchi am, Nep. ; Katur, Lepcha ; Hseng neng thayet, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree with a thick grey bark. Wood grey, moder- 

 ately hard. Structure the same as that of M. caloneura, but the 

 medullary rays are less distinct and less numerous. Numerous wavy, 

 concentric lines. 



Nepal, Eastern Bengal and the Andamans ; rare in Burma. 



Weight, 34 to 41 Ibs. Wood not used, but worth trial for tea boxes. The fruit is 

 sometimes eaten fresh or dried. It is also used medicinally. (Roxb.) 



ibs. 



E 594. Kookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai . . . . . .41 

 E 952. Golaghat, Assam 34 



4. ANACARDIUM, Rottb. 



1. A. occidental^ Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 20; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 312; Beddome t. 163 ; Kurz i. 310. The Cashew Nut Tree. Vera. 

 Knju, Hind. ; Hijuli, Beug, ; Kola mava, mundiri, Tarn. ; Jidi mamidi, 

 Tel. ; Jidi, Ketnpu geru, Kan. ; Thee-hoJi thayet., Burm. 



A small evergreen tree, with rough bark. Wood red, moderately hard, 

 close-grained. Pores large, prominent on a vertical section. Medullary 

 rays indistinct. 



Originally from South America, now established in the coast forests of Chittagong, 

 Tenasserim, the Andaman Islands and South India. 



Growth moderate, 8 to 11 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 38 to 39 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot. The wood is used for packing cases in Burma, for boat-building and charcoal. 

 The nuts are roasted and eaten as dessert, they also give, by expression, a yellow 

 oil similar to almond oil. The pericarp of the fruit gives a black acrid oil which is 

 called ' cardol ' and gives an acid called ' anacardic acid.' The oil is very caustic, raises 

 blisters and is used for warts, corns, and ulcers ; it is also used to prevent the attacks of 

 white ants to wood-work and of insects to the binding of books, and in the Andamans to 

 colour and preserve fishing lines ; the enlarged pedicels of the fruit are eaten. 



ibs. 



B 2227 38 



B 2229. Andamans (1866) . 39 



5. BOUEA, Meissner. 



1. B. burmanica, Griff. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 21. J5. opposilifolia, 

 Meissn. ; Kurz i. 306. Mangifera oppositifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 640. 

 Vern. Meriam, may an, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree with dark -grey bark. Wood grey, 

 hard, with a dark reddish brown heartwood. Pores scanty, moderate- 

 sized, prominent on a vertical section. Medullary rays fine, numerous, 

 undulating. Wavy concentric lines dividing the wood into a succession 

 of concentric bands, which may possibly be annual rings. 



Burma and Andaman Islands. 



Wright, 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is not specially used, but is said hy 

 Roxburgh to be very durable. The tree has an edible fruit, for which it is often 

 cultivated. 



MM, 



B 2213. Andamans (1866) 55 



