Amoora.] 21. MELIACE^.. ' 41 



AMOORA, Roxb, 



Trees. Leaves unequally pinnate ; leaflets oblique. Flowers 

 axillary, paniculate or racemose. Calyx 3-5-divided. Petals 3-5, 

 thick, concave. Staminal-tube subglobose, 6-10-crenate ; antbers 

 G-10 included. Ovary sessile, 3-5-celled ; cells 1-2-ovuled. Fruit a 

 subglobose capsule, 3-4-celled and seeded, usually locQlicidally 

 dehiscent. Seeds with a fleshy avillus. 



Leaflets usually very oblique at the base. Petals 3. 



Leaflets 9-15, opposite. Panicles spicate A. Rohiluku, 



Leaflets 4-6, alternate. Male panicles dense, pyrami- 

 dal, erect... ... ... ... ... A, canarana. 



Leaflets opposite, 3-13, terminal one often hooded. 



Male panicles drooping... ... ... ... ... A. cucculata. 



Leaflets usually not oblique at the base, alternate, 



3-5. Petals 4. Fruit pear-shaped ... ... ... A. Laivii. 



A. Bohituka, W. & A. Prod. I. 119; Fl. Br. T. 1. 559; (Bedd. ¥l. 

 Sylv. t. 182). Braudis For. Fl. 69 ; Amoora macropht/Ua, Nimmo in 

 Grab. Cat, Bomb. PL South Konkan and North Kauara ghats, in ever- 

 green forests ; abundant in the forests near Yellapur. Flowers during 

 July. Fruit ripe in March. 



A. canarana, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 1. 335 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 560; 

 thronghout the evergreen forests of North Kdnara from Goond south- 

 wards. Flowers during March and April. 



A. cucculata, Roxb. Cor. Plant III. 54. t. 258; Fl. Br. I. 1. 500; 

 Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 37 ; Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 55. Konkan ; Parwar ghat, 

 Dalz. 



A. Lawii, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 1. 335; Fl. Er. I. 1. 561; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 133; Nemedra Nimmonii, Dalz. & Gibbs. Bomb. Fl. 

 37. Madrasada, K. ; huramb, M. Throughout the evergreen forests of 

 the Konkan and North Kanara ; very common in the Ainshi ghat forests. 

 Flowers during December, January. Fruit ripe in June, indehiscent. 



WALSURA, Pvo.xb. 



Trees. Leaves 1-5-foliate ; leaflets alternate. Flowers in many 

 flowered axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx 5-divided, imbricate. 

 Petals 5, free, spreading, imbricate or subvalvate. Filaments 8-10, 

 free or connate into a tube ; anthers 8-10 erect, exserted. Ovary 

 2-3-celled immersed in the disc ; style short ; cells with 2 collateral 

 ovules in each. Fruit a fleshy berry, 1-seeded. Seed enclosed in a 

 fleshy aril. 



W. piscidia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11.387; Fl. Br. I. 1. 564 ; Bedd. PI. 

 Sylv. 56 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 37. In the evergreen forests of the 

 Konkan and North Kanara ; common in the Devimone ghat fortsts. 

 Flowers in November. Fruit ripe in ]\[ay. 

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