ia.^ COMBRETACEAE. 463 



leaves beneath twigs and inflorescence ; leaves coriaceous, elliptic- 

 ovate or -oblong, obtuse and often emarginate at apex, unequally 

 cordate at base with usually 1 or 2 sessile glands at the base of 

 the midrib beneath, up to 9 in. long by 4'5 in. broad; fruit, 



including wings, 1'5 in. in diam 8. coriacea. 



Fruit glabrous, large, usually 2 in. in diam., including wings : 

 Calyx villous with yellowish-brown hairs as are the underside 

 of the leaves, the twigs and inflorescence ; leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse or even emarginate or slightly acute at 

 apex, rounded or cordate at base, nerves many, prominently 

 parallel, glands near the base of the midrib large and stalked, 



up to 7 in. long, 3 in. broad; panicles dense 9. tomentosa. 



Calyx glabrous without, the leaves, twigs and inflorescence 

 all nearly or quite glabrous ; leaves membranous or chartaceous, 

 elliptic- or obovate-oblong, obtuse or acute at apex, narrowed 

 at base, the nerves parallel but not prominent, glands some 

 way up the midrib beneath, stalked, up to 7 in. long, 2'5 in. 



broad; panicles lax 10. crenulata. 



Fruit with 3 unequal wings, 1 long and 2 short ; leaves elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate at apex, rounded or cordate at 

 base, lower subopposite, upper alternate, at first rusty-puberulous, 

 afterwards glabrescent, up to 7 in. long, 2-2'5 in. broad ; panicles 

 with many slender spikes, the flowers small with recurved bracteoles ; 

 fruit rusty-puberulous, the middle wing '5 in. long 11. paniculata. 



1. TERMINALIA CATAPPA, Linn.; F. B. I. ii. 444; W. A. 

 313; Wt. Ic. t. 172; Bedd. Fl. t. 18. 



Cultivated in gardens and avenues near the coast, intro- 

 duced from Malaya. The Indian Almond* 

 A large deciduous handsome tree with large leaves, which 

 turn red before falling, the trunk often buttressed. Wood 

 red, hard. The nut-kernels with thin spirally folded 

 cotyledons are eaten. Yern. Hind. Deshi-badam ; Td. 

 Yedam ; Tarn. Nat vadom ; Mai. Adamarram. 



2. TERMINALIA BELLERICA, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 198; F. B. I. ii. 

 445 ; W. & A. 313 excl. syn. ; Wt. Ic. t/91 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 19. 



Deciduous forests in all Districts, up to about 3,000 ft. 

 A large deciduous tree with long-petioled leaves, pubescent 

 flowers and tomentose fruit. Bark bluish-grey with 

 vertical cracks ; wood yellowish-grey, hard, not durable 

 and little used, but useful if carefully seasoned. The fruit 



