tflNOSJfe. 





Pores mod crate-sized, frequently oval and subdivided, enclosed in oval 

 patches of soft tissue, prominent on a longitudinal section. Medullary 

 rays fine, numerous, uniform and equidistant, wavy, visible on a radial 

 section as long narrow bands. 



Sundarbans of Bengal, Andaman Islands and the Malay Archipelago. It will 

 probably be found on the coasts of Arracan, Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Weight, young wood 36 to 42 Ibs. ; old wood 45 to 49 Ibs. Brandis' Memorandum on 

 Andaman woods, 1874, Nos. 12, 13, gives 50 Ibs. A valuable wood, used iu the Anda- 

 maus for bridge and house building, 



Ibs. 



E 403. Sundarbans ... . 36 



E 415. . . . . 42 



B 315. Burma (1867) (Kohleng} . 49 



B 524. Andaman Islands . . 45 



B 2209. (1866) . ... 48 



18. TAMARINDUS, Linn. 



1. T. indica, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 273 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 215; 

 Beddome t. 184; Brandis 163 ; Kurz i. 4<14; Gamble 32. The Tamarind. 

 Vern. Amli, ambli, imli, Hind. ; Tintiri, Until, tintul, Beng. ; Titri, 

 Nep.; Teteli Ass.; Tentuli, koyam, Uriya; Puli, Tarn. ; Chinla, Tel.; 

 Sitta, hilta, Gondi ; Chicha, Kurku ; Karangi, kawial, asam, Mysore ; 

 Hunase, Kan. ; Amli, chitz, Mar. ; Siyembela, Cingh. ; Magyee, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree. Bark \ inch thick, dark grey, with longi- 

 tudinal fissures and horizontal cracks. Wood yellowish white, some- 

 times with red streaks, hard and close-grained. Heartwood small, near 

 the centre of old trees only, dark purplish brown, with an irregular out- 

 line and radiating ramifications, very durable. Annual rings indistinct. 

 Pores moderate-sized, uniformly distributed, each pore or group of pores 

 surrounded by round patches of soft tissue, which are often confluent, 

 forming irregular and oblique bands. Medullary rays very fine, very 

 numerous, uniform and equidistant. 



Cultivated throughout India and Burma as far north as the Jhelum. 

 The weight and transverse strength have been ascertained by the following ex- 

 periments : 



Wood highly prized, though extremely difficult to work. It is used for 

 mallets, planes, furniture, rice-pounders, oil and sugar mills, and is an excellent wood 

 for turning. The fruit is used in medicine as a laxative; it is made into pros 

 and exported to Europe. The leaves are also used in curries, and the seed, ground to 

 powder arid mixed with gum, ;_ r ives a strong cement. 



