( 107 ) 



especially in boat-building. Charcoal is also made of it. From the flowers 

 spirit is distilled, and from the nuts oil is expressed, much in use as a liniment 

 in rheumatism. 



GtilarFiciis glomerata is planted in small numbers. Its wood is soft 

 and useless, except to burn, and, as it decays slowly in water, for the special 

 purpose of lining wells or making the framework on which the brick cylinder 

 is constructed. The fruit is eaten unripe as a vegetable or ripe, but it is 

 liable to get full of maggots ; fetches one pice a seer. The milk is used as 

 birdlime or medicine for coughs. It is full grown in ten years, and will sell for 

 as much as Rs. 5. 



Jdman is also a tree planted occasionally ; it requires much moisture, 

 but its shade is thick, so it is often planted near wells. The wood, like that of 

 the Giilar, resists the decaying effect of moisture, and is therefore used for 

 well-linings. The fruit, a kind of sloe, is eaten, or its juice distilled into 

 vinegar. The tree is full grown in ten or twelve years, and will fetch as much 

 as Rs. 5 or Rs. 6 when 20 years old. The fruit of one tree will fetch as much as 

 Rs. 5. 



125. The above are the most common trees found in the district, and the 

 cultivation of which is most profitable. The following are occasionally found, 

 and have their special uses : 



126. The fruit of the bel possesses useful medicinal virtues, especially 

 for diarrhoea ; it is also eaten roasted. The leaves are offered at the shrine of 

 Mahadeo ; hence the tree is used for nothing else, but when dry is sold for 

 firewood, fetching about Rs. 3 or Rs. 4. 



127. The fruit of the kaithd, kachndr (baahinia), aonld (phyllanthus 

 emblica), and karll (wild caper) is used for pickles and " chatuis ; " and the 

 leaves of the kaithd are used as a poultice on festering wounds, whilst the fruit 

 of the aonld (myrobolari) is much used in dyeing. 



128. The wood of the siris, aryan, and amli or tamarind is much used for 

 sugar-presses (kolhu), and the wood of the ber (zisyphus jujula) and the Idbhera 

 is valuable, especially for bedframes ; the wood of the latter being light, it is also 

 used for sword sheaths and panels of palanquins, as is that of the arru. 



129. The chenkur, reonj, and suhora are jungle trees. Goats, <fcc., eat 

 the legumes, and the wood, if the tree grows large enough, aa it rarely does, is 

 useful for oil-presses, when it is worth Rs. 3 or Rs. 4, or for charcoal. 



130. The pipal (ficw religiosa), bargad (ficus Indica) or banyan tree, 

 pdkar (ficus venosa) cannot be considered useful iroes, though their leaves are 

 used as fodder for elephants, their milk as medicine or birdlime, and their wood 

 for burning. 



