1 82 M cuKTAt i [ Terminal in. 



4. T. Catappa, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 444; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 430 ; Beddome t. 20 ; Kurz i. 454. The Indian Almond. Vern. Badam, 

 Beug. ; Taree, Kan. ; Nat vadom, Tarn. ; Vedam, Tel. ; Adamarram, Mai. ; 

 Catappa, Malay. 



A large deciduous tree, with whorled branches, leaves turning 1 red 

 in the cold season. Wood red, with lighter-coloured sapwood, hard. 

 Pores moderate-sized, scanty, joined by wavy, short and concentric bauds 

 of soft texture. Medullary rays fine. 



Beach forests of the Andaman Islands ; cultivated in most parts of India and Burma. 

 Weight, according to Skinner, No. 125, 32 Ibs. per cubic foot. P = 470. Wallich 

 also gives 32, while our specimen gives 41 Ibs. Beddome says the wood is used for 

 various purposes in Madras. The kernels of the nuts are eaten at dessert ; they are 

 remarkable for the spiral folds of the cotyledons ; the bark and leaves give a black 

 dye. It is one of the trees on the leaves of which the " Tasar" or " Katkura" silkworm 

 (Anthercea Paphia) is fed. 



Ibs. 



E 3005. Calcutta 



B 1983. Andaman Islands (Kurz, 1866) 41 



5. T. paniculata, W. and A. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 448 ; Beddome 

 t. 20 ; Brandis 226. Pentaptera paniculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 442. 

 Vern. Pe-karakai, Tarn. ; Neemeeri, Tel. ; Kinjal, kindal, Mar,; Honal, 

 huluvd, hulve, Kan. ; Poo mardd, pillai mardd, Anamalaie. 



A large deciduous tree. Wood grey, with dark heartwood, very hard. 

 Pores large and moderate-sized, oval, numerous. Medullary rays very 

 fine, uniform and equidistant, wavy, very numerous; the transverse 

 diameter of the pores many times larger than the distance between two 

 medullary rays. Pores surrounded by faintly marked patches of soft 

 tissue, often arranged in oblique and wavy lines. 



Western moist zone; forests of the western coast from Bombay southwards. 



Weight, 61 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood valuable, though not quite as good as that 

 of T. tomentosa. It is improved by being kept under water. It is fairly durable. 

 It makes good planking and is used for the handles of ploughs in Ratnaghiri. 



Ibs 



W 1221. North Kanara 57 



D 1280. Anamalai Hills 65 



6. T. bialata, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 449; Kurz i. 456. Pen- 

 laptera bialata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 441. Vern. Leinben, Burm. 



A. large deciduous tree. Wood grey, beautifully mottled, moderately 

 hard. Structure the same as that of T. belerica. 



Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



Weight, Brandis' Burma List, 1862, No. 49, gives 39 ; our specimens give 48 UK. 

 per cubic foot. Skinner No. 124 gives weight 64 Ibs., and P = 1012, but there may 

 have been some mistake. 



11)3. 



B 1417. Tharrawaddi, Burma 48 



7. T. tomentosa, W. and A.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 447; Beddome 

 t. 17; Brandis 225; Kurz i. 458 ; Gamble 39. Pentaptera crennlata, 

 coriacea and tomentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 438-440. Vern. &//, 8 

 asan, assain, assaina, asna, sadri, Hind. ; /'/./AW/, ux,tn, Bcn^-. ; -T/inu, 

 Rajbanshi ; Amari, Ass. ; Taksor, Lcpoha ; Rahaju, kala sa/u'tju, l : riy:i; 



Bijeragogarh ; Karra martin, kan'i ii/.nn'i.t/in, anctnid, Tain. ; 

 i, Italia ntnldl, ncf la -until H. T-l. ; M<tf//< kari mafti, btuiapH , K;in. 



