Mtizzia. 1 



LECUMINOSJE. 



157 



Dirasan, darshana, kat vayc, pcdda duchirram, Tel. ; Kal Icujlii, lenylia, 

 Kan. ; C/tichola, Mar. ; Kokoh, Burm. ; Begmadd, gachodd, And. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark grey or brownish grey, rough, with 

 numerous, short, irregular cracks. Sap wood large, white ; heartwood dark 

 brown, hard, shining, mottled, with deeper coloured, longitudinal streaks. 

 The annual rings in trees grown in the Punjab are marked by a distinct 

 line. Pores large, not numerous, often subdivided and enclosed in patches of 

 softer whitish tissue, which are frequently arranged in short bauds. Pores 

 prominent on a longitudinal section. Medullary rays fine, very numerous. 



Sub-Himalsiyan tract from the Indus eastwards, ascending to 5,000 feet ; Bengal, 

 Burma, Central and South India. 



(irowth exceedingly rapid during the first year. Brandis says that trees in the 

 Punjab have 2f feet girth in 12 years 4 feet in 30 years, and that trees at Sakhal- 

 in Sind 17 years old have reached 5 to 6 feet in girth. This would give from 1 to 3 

 rings per inch of radius, which is very fast. 



The weight and transverse strength have been determined from the following 

 experiments : 



It seasons, works and polishes well, and is fairly durable. It is used for sugarcane 

 crushers, oil-mills, furniture, well curbs and wheel-work; in South India for boats. In 

 the Andam&ns where trees of large size are procurable, it is used for building, but more 

 usually for house-posts. It is often grown as an avenue tree, but its roots do not pene- 

 trate very deep. It grows easily from cuttings. It gives a gum which is not soluble in 

 water, but merely forms a jelly. The leaves and twigs are given as fodder to camels. 



Ibs. 



Madhopur, Punjab ....... 



Bl.ajii, Sutlej Valley, 3,000 feet 



Muilaii 



A j me re ......... 



South Kanara 



P 



V 

 P 



1' 



W 

 W 

 W 



B 



13 22ns. 

 No. 81, 



1193. 

 96. 



881. 

 468. 



728. 

 7-18. 

 751. 



Prome. Burma .... 

 Andaman Islands ... 

 Ceylou Collodion (marked Acacia 



47 

 43 

 ID 

 55 

 11 

 51 

 It 



Is 

 13 

 12 



