10 NOTE ON DHAUBA OR 



In Baroda it was formerly abundant but little is now available, 

 Cart-axles sell for one anna six pies each. 



(iv) Southern India. 



Vernacular names. Tamil. Nawai, Velnagai, Vekkali. 



Telugu. Chirimawe, Chirimamidi, Chirumanu, 

 Chiriman, Yelama, Elama. 



Canarese. Bejjal, Dinduga, Dindal, Dindu. 

 Malaiyalam. Vella-naga. 

 Uriya. Dhau. 



Local distribution. The Madras Presidency appears to be the most 

 important home of this tree, only a few districts, among which are 

 Guntur, Anantapur, and South Kanara, reporting it to be scarce. It is 

 pre-eminently a tree of south-eastern India, being abundant in Madura, 

 and in Tinnevelly, where it forms as much as fifty per cent, of the forest 

 growth on the dry upper slopes. It is not exacting as regards elevation 

 being found at from 200 feet to 4,000 feet. It is reported at the latter 

 altitude in the southern portion of the Presidency. It descends lower on 

 the East than on the "West Coast. 



Dry deciduous forests are usually its home, and it can grow in poor 

 soil and on exposed slopes, on laterite and on granite soil, though its 

 largest dimensions are attained in the deep loams at the foot of the hills, 

 as in Ganjam, where trees 6 feet in girth, 70 feet in height with a 40 

 feet bole are found, but the tree is considered as "inauspicious," and is 

 not used for building. In most of the favourable localities the girth is 3 

 to 5 feet, but small stunted trees, coppice shoots, or poles are the 

 commonest in Nellore, Kistna, West Kurnool, Cuddapah, Trichinopoly, 

 Coimbatore, Tinnevelly, Bellary, South Salem and Guntur. From 

 Madura trees 10 feet in girth and 60 feet high are reported and 8 feet 

 girth is recorded from South Salem. 



Mr. A. W. Lushington notes that the tree forms large patches all over 

 the hills of North Coimbatore except in the parts which contain Acacia 

 Sundra. It grows to 6 feet in girth, but is usually met with as a pole. 



