DHAURA OR BAKU. 



Anogeissus lati folia, Wall. 

 Natural Order Combretacese. 

 1. General Distribution. 



This tree occurs principally in Central and Southern India, and is 

 absent in Burma and Eastern Bengal and Assam. It is most numerous 

 between 76 and 84 longitude running from Dehra Dun in the north 

 through the Central Provinces to Tinnevelly and Ceylon in the south, 

 and extends through Chota Nagpur and the northern part of Madras. 

 In Bombay it is not so plentiful on the whole, and in Sindh it is absent, 

 but a few trees grow in Ajmer-Merwara. Further details are given under 

 each province. 



In Ceylon it is found on open grass lands in the dry country, and is 

 plentiful in certain localities, but not on the whole. It is called Dawu, . 



2. Locality and Habit. 



This species is able to grow at all altitudes between 200 and 4,000 feet 

 and attains its largest size in deep loams at the foot of hills as in Ganjam 

 and Madura, Madras, where specimens 10 feet in girth occur. It is more 

 commonly found on slopes between 1,500 and 2,500 feet where it grows 

 011 laterite and granite soil, not demanding much from them and standing 

 exposure, though remaining much smaller than at the lower levels. On 

 such localities it forms at times as much as 50 per cent, of the crop. In 

 the Central Provinces it is also found on deep trap soil. 



Its companions are usually Sal, Terminalia tomenfosa, Bnteaf rondos a, 

 Diospyros Melanoxi/lon and similar trees, and occasionally Teak. It is a 

 tall straight tree with smooth mottled bark and numerous moderate-sized 

 leaves which become red or brown in November and December and fall in 

 February, the new leaves appearing in May and the flowers during the 

 rains. A variety called Anogeissus tomentosa is reported by H. H. Haines 

 from parts of Chota Nagpur. 



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