NOTE ON BIJA SAL OR VENGAI. 



Figures from Bombay Working-Plans. 



(v) Bengal. 



Vernacular names. Bija, Bija Sal, Paisar (Hind.), Hid (Kol), Murga 

 (Santali), Bia (Kharw.). 



Local distribution. The tree is not common in Bengal, rarely of large 

 size in the Santal Parganas and Palamau, and absent in the Kurseong, 

 Darjeeling, and Tista forests. It is found elsewhere in deciduous plains 

 forests with Sal and in the dry mixed hills forests up to 3,000 feet above 

 the sea. In Orissa, Sambalpur, and Singhbhum good trees 7 feet in girth 

 may be found, with an occasional specimen 10 feet in girth, the height 

 reaching 100 feet and the length of clear bole 50 feet. It is the best 

 tree for planking in Chota Nagpur and deserves to be largely planted as 

 the supply is very limited (H. H. Haines). 



