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well distributed in Madras, and in some localities it is plentiful. It is charac- 

 teristic of various types of mixed deciduous forest, and in Ganjam is a common 

 companion of the sal. It is fairly plentiful in the Wynaad, and ascends to 

 4,200 ft. in the Nilgiris. In Goorg it is one of the commonest species in the 

 deciduous forests, and attains very fair dimensions. It is common in many 

 parts of Hyderabad and Mysore, and is very common in Travancore up to 

 2,000 ft. 



Burma. Terminalia tomentosa is common in most of the mixed deciduous 

 forests throughout Burma, both in the upper and in the lower mixed types, 

 as well as in indaing (dry dipterocarp) forest. It is sometimes found in dense 

 evergreen forest, for example on alluvial flats along streams in some parts 

 of the Upper Ghindwin, but here the evergreen has probably encroached on 

 a former deciduous type of forest. 



In the upper mixed forests, which are found on hilly or undulating ground, 

 it is characteristic more of the dry than of the moist types, its chief companions 

 being teak, Xylia dolabrijormis , Acacia Catechu, Sterculia spp., Homalium 

 tomentosum, Dalhergia cultrata, Termiyialia Chebula, Vitex glabrata, Pterocarpus 

 macrocarpus, Odina Wodier, Adina cordifolia, Anogeissus acuminata, and others, 

 and in the drier parts Pentacme suavis and Shorea obtusa. The chief bamboos 

 are Dendrocala^nus strictus in the driest types, Bambusa polymorpJia in the 

 moister types, and in intermediate types CepTialostachymn pergracile, and in 

 Upper Burma Thyrsostachys Oliveri ; Bambusa Tulda often occurs with it on 

 alluvial flats. 



It is very plentiful in certain types of lower mixed forest on flat alluvial 

 land tending towards dry rather than moist conditions. A case in point is 

 the Satpok forest of the Tharrawaddy district, where after teak it is the 

 commonest tree, these two species being far more plentiful than any other. 

 Although flat, the locality is fairly well drained ; the chief associate species 

 are Xylia dolabrijormis, Lagerstroemia Flos-Reginae, Berrya Ammonilla, Adina 

 cordifolia, A. sessilifolia, Stephegyne diversifolia, Terminalia Chebula, T. belerica, 

 Odina Wodier, Eugenia Jambolana, and Eriolaena Candollei. The rainfall in 

 this tract is about 80 in. 



The following figures based on complete enumerations in the Satpok 

 forest give some idea of the prevalence of this tree in some of the compart- 

 ments : ^ 



Stock of Terminalia tomentosa trees in certain compartments in the 

 Satpok forest, Tharrawaddy district, Burma. 



1 Working Plan for the Satpok, Sitkwin, and Thindawyo Reserves, Tharrawaddy, R, S. 

 Troup, 1906. 



