139 



igh wood, with nearly l.la.-k hrartwood. B. triandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 320, is a 

 -mull tree grown in avenues in Bengal. 1>. monawlnt, Knrx. Vern. Swaitan, Burm., 



',/nu'iHt, Wall., and B. el.on(/<tt<t, Korth., are trees ol' Ijiirma.^ 

 Tin' creepers contain some of 1 lie most important .plants found in our foresi 

 7 '</ /<//'/, W. and A.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 27! ; I!nld<ii' xciii. ; Brandis 161; Kurz i. 401 ; 

 Gamble 31. (B. racemosa, Vahl. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 325) Vcrn. Taitr, Punjab ; Afofofaft, 

 maijdn, -wftlu, mauravn, jallaur, Hind.; N/7/aV, mahalcm,maul t C. P.; Borla, Nep. ; 

 Chehur, Beng. ; Sungung >//, Lcj.cha ; A///V/, Triya ; J.*aui; hchi, Gondi ; Adda, Tarn. ; 

 ChamloU, Dekkan, is perhaps the must gigunlic of the numerous large climbers of the 

 Indian forests. It i.s found in the Sub-i I iinala van tract from the (Jhenab eastwards, 

 in Northern and Central India, and in Tenasserim. Its uses are almost more numerous 

 than those of any other forest plant except the bamboo. Its large, flat leaves are sewn 

 together and used as plates, cups, rough table cloths, umbrellas and rain-caps ; its pod is 

 roasted and the seeds eaten ; its bark is made into rough ropes, and it gives a copious 

 gum, which, however, seems to be of little value. The wood is porous, in broad, irregularly 

 broken concentric layers, alternating with red, juicy, bark-like tissue; the pith is cross- 

 shaped. (P 108, Sutlej ; O 544, Dehra Dun ; E 474, E 2954, Darjeelmg Terai). The 

 foliage is very dense and the stems do great damage to the trees they climb over ; it is 

 very prevalent in sal forest, and in many provinces is being systematically cut out. B. 

 anguina, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 328 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 284 ; Beddome xciii. ; Kurz i. 403 ; 

 Gamble 31. Vern. Nayput, Sylhet; Naiwilli, Nep., is the Snake Climber of the moist 

 forests of Northern and Eastern Bengal, Chittagong, Martaban and South India ; its bark 

 is also used in rope-making, and its wood is very soft and porous. The stems are 

 usually very curiously twisted, generally in alternate bends and often with a straight 

 thick margin. (E 482, Darjeelmg Terai.) 



Wood red or brown, hard ; no heart wood ; concentric bands of soft 

 tissue alternating- with bands of finer texture, in which the numerous 

 fine, uniform and equidistant medullary rays are distinctly visible. The 

 pores are uniform in size, 



1. B. malabarica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 321; Hook. PL Ind. ii. 277; 

 Beddome xcii. ; Brandis 159; Kurz i. 899; Gamble 31. Vern. Amli, 

 amlosa, Hind. ; Karmai, Beug. ; Amli taki, Nep. ; Kattra, Ass. ; Chep- 

 pura, Basavana pdda, Kan.; Amli, Mar. ; Kundapula, dkondel, kangali, 

 Gondi; Ambotha, chapa, Kurku ; Pulla dondur, pulishinta, pulhari^Q}. ; 

 Apia, Berar; Bwaygyin, Burm. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, rough, brown, 

 exfoliating- in linear flakes. Wood light-reddish brown, with irregular 

 masses of black or purplish wood near the centre ; moderately hard. 

 Pores moderate-sized, generally oval and subdivided. Numerous narrow, 

 wavy, white, concentric bands of softer tissue alternate with bands of 

 harder and red-coloured wood of equal width, in which the numerous, 

 fine, uniform and equidistant medullary rays are distinctly visible. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Ganges to Assam, Bengal, Burma, South India. 

 Weight, the average of our specimens gives 48 Ibs. ; Brandis, 1862, Burma List, 

 No, 31, 42 Ibs. The wood is rarely used. The tree is recognised by its acid leaves 

 which are eaten. 



Ibs. 

 C 1 137. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces . 



C 2817. Melghat, Berar (sapwood) 



C 821. Bairagarh Reserve, Berar 



E 590. Khookloong Forest, Darjeelirig Terai 



E 2350. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 



44 

 47 

 51 

 48 



B 3203. Burma (1862) 



2. B. racemosa, Lam.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 276; Beddome t. 182; 

 Brandis 159; Kurz i. 397. B. parviflora^M.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 323. 

 Vern. Kosundra, taur, Pb. ; Kachndl, guridl, thaur, ashia, makk, 

 mania } dhordra, Hind.; Lhondn^dhiindera^astra^ bosha, Gondi ; //// 



