NOTE ON DHAU11A OR BAKU. 9 



growth in most parts, but does not grow larger than 2 feet in girth. It 

 is a useful fuel and is used for axe-handles, etc. 



In Indore it is widely distributed but seldom grows tall and straight 

 or attains any great girth, except in the Satpuras and in the south-west 

 of Nimawar where it grows to 4 or 5 feet in girth. It is usually crooked 

 and stunted, but is much in demand as poles for agricultural imple- 

 ments and tool handles, and as fuel and charcoal. The leaves are used 

 for tanning and the gum is collected for sale. It is called DJiauva. 



(Hi) Western India. 



Vernacular names. Dhauda, Dindal, Dindiga, Dhavada, Dhaura, 

 Dhamodo (Gujrati). 



Local distribution. This species is fairly common in the northern 

 forests of Bombay being reported to form about 10 per cent, of the crop 

 in parts of South Thana, and a considerable proportion in Nasik, 

 Khandesh, and the Panch Mahals. In the southern forests it is very 

 local being abundant for example in the Eastern Division of Kanara and 

 almost absent in the Western and Southern Divisions. It is found in 

 deciduous forest and ascends as high as 2,000 feet, preferring the higher 

 slopes as a rule and disliking flat lands and black soils. A tree of five 

 feet in girth with a height of 50 to 60 feet, is considered large, the 

 majority of trees growing rather crooked with short poles, and being 

 felled at 3 feet in girth or less. Large trees are frequently hollow. 



Extraction. Trees are felled under the system of Coppice with 

 Standards in most divisions and the coupes sold standing to purchasers 

 who remove the timber or fuel in carts, but almost the whole outturn 

 seems to be converted into fuel so that figures for delivering timber will 

 not be of value. The fuel sells easily in Bombay for R4 to R6 per 

 khandy of 784 Ibs., and the charcoal sells for R15 per khandy. The 

 cost of delivering 50 cubic feet of poles at Hubli in Kanara from the 

 forest is R40. In Surat axles sell in the towns for Rl to Rl-8 each, and 

 are in good demand, the duty in the forests being 3 annas per axle, no 

 tree below 18 inches in girth at breast-height being felled, and the trees 

 yielding one to three axles each. 



