272 anacardiacejE. 



Mangifeka, L. (DC.pr. 2, p. 63 i—fV. and A. pr. \,p. 169.) 



1. indica, L. (DC. I, c. ;—W. and A. o. c. p. 170 ; — Roxb. ft. hid. 1, p. 

 641 ; ed. Carey. 2, p. 435 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi p. 41.— M. mon- 

 tana, Heyne. — M. domestica, Gartn. fr. 2, p. 95, t. 100. — Rheed. 4, 

 t. 1, 2. — Rumph. 1, t. 25.) ^t^ Am. L. b All over India, thriving 

 northwards up to Nahn, alt. 4000 f., but its fruit does not ripen there. 

 Fl. small, greenish-yellowish, Feb. and March ; fr. May, June and 

 July. Wood dull grey, porous, pretty durable if kept dry, but soon 

 decaying by exposure to wet. In very large old trees, it acquires a light 

 chocolate colour towards the centre of the trunk and larger branches, 

 and is there hard, closer grained, and much more durable. From 

 wounds in the bark issues a soft, reddish-brown gum-resin, hardening 

 by age, and then much resembling Bdellium. Fruit too well known to 

 require more than to be mentioned. Kernels large, seemingly contain- 

 ing much nourishment, but only used during times of scarcity and 

 famine, when they are boiled in the steam of water and eaten. {Roxb.) 



2. sylvatica, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 644 ; — ed. Carey. 2, p. 438 ; — J. Grah. 

 B. pi. JO. 41.) L b Khassya Mountains. Assam. Near Kennery Caves. 

 Bombay. Fl. small, white, tinged with rose, Sept. and Oct. ; fr. Feb. 

 and March. {Roxb.) Fruit eaten by the natives, where the tree grows, 

 though by no means so palatable as even a bad domestic mango ; also 

 dried and kept for medicinal purposes. {Roxb.) 



3. Gandaria, Roxb. {H. B. p. 18.) Moluccas. Introduced into H. C. G. 

 in 1803, but had not fl. up to 1814. 



Cambessedea, W. and A. {pr. I, p. 170, annot. ; — not Kth.) 



1. oppositifolia, W. and A. (Mangifera oppositifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 

 640; — ed. Carey. 2, p. 434 ;<— J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 41.) b Rangoon. 

 Fl. small, greenish sulphur, Feb. and March ; fr. June and July. Wood 

 reddish, hard, close-grained, and said to be durable. Fruit univer- 

 sally eaten in Burma. {Roxb.) 



Buchanania, Roxb. (DC.pr. 2, p. 63 ;—W. and A. pr. \,p. 169.) 



1. latifolia, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 385 ; — DC. o. c. p. 64; — W. and A. 



1. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 41. — Spondias elliptica, Rottl.) L. 

 b Mountains of Coromandel. Common in the Barria jungles, east of 

 Baroda. Jungles near Belgaum. Salsette. Moulmein. Hurdwar. Oude. 

 Valleys of Deyra and Kyarda. Fl. small, greenish-white, Feb. and 

 March ; fr. R. S. Wood used for various purposes. Kernels a general 

 substitute for almonds amongst the natives, and sold in the bazars. 

 (Roxb.) 



2. angustifolia, Roxb. (fl. ind. 2, p. 386 i—Corom. 3, t. 262 ^—DC. pr. 



2, p. 64 ;— J^. and A. pr. 1, p. 169 ;— Wight, icon. 1, t. 101 ;— ,/. 

 Grah. Cat. D. pi. p. 41. — Spondias simplicifolia, Rottl. — Mangifera 

 axillaris, Lam. — Cambessedea, Kth.) b Mountains of Coromandel. 

 Adjunta jungles. Fl. small, greenish, May and June; fr. Feb. and 

 March. 



