'330 URTICACE^:. [Arfocarpits. 



groups, sometimes filled with a white substance which is visihle on a 

 vertical section. Pores prominent on a vertical section. Medullary 

 rajs numerous, fine and moderately broad. 



Cultivated throughout India, except in the northernmost part. Wild in the 

 mountain forests of the Western Ghats, ascending to 4,000 feet (Beddome). 



The growth appears to be very fast, but the rings are indistinct and difficult to 

 count. The following experiments have been miide to determine the weight and 

 transverse strength : 



Weight. P = 

 Puckle in 1859 in Mysore (4 experiments), with bars 2' X 1* X 1* found 42 Ibs. 562 



Skinner, No. 17, in 1862 in South India 44 788 



Adrian Mendis, No. 16, in 1865, in Ceylon, with bars 



2' X V X 1" , 42 712 



Wallich 42 ... 



in 1862 in Travancore 35 ... 



Warth in 1878 with specimens below given . . . . 40 . . . 



The wood is largely used for carpentry, boxes and furniture, and is exported to 

 Europe for cabinet work, turning and brush-backs. The wood yields a yellow dye 

 used in Burma to dye the yellow clothes worn by " phoongies." The tenacious milky 

 juice is used as birdlime. The fruit is very largely used all over India for food, 

 but, except the seeds, rarely by Europeans. It has an unpleasant smell when ripe. 

 The fruit in young trees is borne on the branches, in older trees on the trunk, and in 

 very old trees near the root. 



Ibs. 

 12 598. Darjeeling Terai (young tree) 38 



E 2444. Siliguri, Bengal 



W 756. South Kanara 



B 806. Tharrawaddi, Burma 



No. . 9. Salem Collection 



No. 16. Ceylon 



41 

 43 

 30 

 42 

 44 



2. A. Lakoocha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 524 ; Beddome ccxix. ; Brandis 

 426; Kurz ii. 433; Gamble 73. Vern. Tiwi, dheu, dahto, Pb. ; Baku, 

 dhau, larhal, lakuch, Hind. ; Dhdo, Kumaun ; Dephul, dehna, Beng. ; 

 Dowa, chama, chamba, Ass.; Dawa, Cachar; Kamma regu, laku-chamma, 

 nakka-renu, Tel.; Myonklouk, Burm.; Cauna-gona, Cingh, 



A large tree. Bark J inch thick, dark grey, rough. Sapwood large, 

 white, soft, perishable. Heartwood yellow, hard. Pores large, enclosed in 

 rings of light coloured, soft tissue, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays 

 fine and moderately broad, very distinct, prominent on a radial section. 



Outer Hills of Kumaun, Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, Burma, evergreen forests of 



Western Ghats and Ceylon. 



Growth fast, 3 to 4 rings per inch of radius. Weight, our specimens give on an 



average, 39 5 Ibs. per cubic foot ; Brandis in his Burma List of 1862, No. 92, gave 



40 Ibs. The wood seasons well, takes a good polish and is used for furniture and canoes. 



Mann says the bark is chewed in Assam. The male flower-heads are pickled and the 



fruit is eaten. 



Ibs. 



E 2445. Siliguri, Bengal 48 



E 794. Kamnip, Assam 36 



E 1402. Chittngong 43 



W 740. South Kanara . .47 



B 810. Rangoon Division, Burma ....... 30 



B 2553. Burma (1862) 3i> 



No. 67. Ceylon Collection (marked Artocarpus sp. Vern. Patta-del) ^ I 



3. A. Chaplasha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 525 ; Bnindis |.:U ; Kurz ii. 

 (i:unhl<? 13. Vern. Chaplaxh , c/tiiptix, Hcng. ; Litf-fer, NVp. ; CAram, 

 (is'iro ; <SW, Ass. ; (//</ m, Cachar; Pun/, toponi, Magh ; 



"Burm. ; Kaifa-t/d, And. 



