471 
(Burma, Gamble, Brandis) ; Loloopatla ropes. Thwaites); Dibg 
(Arabie, Jericho, Vester & Co o.).—Sebes 
East Africa—Portuguese; B. Cent. "o ei rin ay Egypt, 
Trop. Asia, Madagascar, French Sudan—Upper Ni 
Extract from fruits believed to be used in the ianefactaie of 
non-puncturable motor tyres (Mus. Kew). 
Fruit A rein with ''Soy" (Glycine Soja, see p. 211) and 
‘‘ Garlic ” by the natives, "Formosa (Kew Bull. 1896, p. 70); the 
viscid pulp 1s used as birdlime, the kernel is eaten and may be 
used for marking linen (Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. p. 501; Dict. 
Econ. Prod. India). 
The leaves are used in asthma and in cases of severe colds and 
coughs to ease the tightness of the chest (Handbook, Ceylon Court, 
Col. and Ind. Exhib. London, 1886, p. 51); as plates and i in Pegu 
to cover Burmese cheroots. ms bark i is used for making cordage 
made into ropes and the Bi is used for caulking boats in India 
(Gamble, l.c. ) and as a mild tonic, E. Indies (Archer, Mus. Kew). 
The wood is comparatively soft, though fairly strong; used in 
India for boat building, gun-stocl ks, implements, canoes and for 
fuel; weight 28-42 lb. per cubic foot (Gamble, 1.c.). 
A deciduous tree, may be propagated by seed and grows eR 
Cultivated in Lagos and according to Chevalier (Bull. Soc. Nat. 
d'Eecl. France, 1912, p. 155) it is ae in many villages of 
French Guinea and the Nigerian Sud 
“Cordia Myra, The E Fruit” n Dict. Econ. 
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Ref.— 
Prod. India, Watt, 11. 1889, pp. 563-565. T Cordia Myra," in 
Manual of Indian Timbers, Gamble, pp. 500—501. ; 
Cordia platythyrsa, Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 12. 
Lagos, Abeokuta, Pre. Sierra Leone in Upper Guinea and 
in the Gaboon, Lower Guine 
Wood used to make re or native drums (Chevalier, Bull. 
Soc. Nat. d’Accl. France, 1912, p. 135). 
A tree 30-80 ft. high, tnt planted in the villages of the 
Ivory Coast and other parts of Upper Guinea as a “‘ palaver tree ”” 
(Chevalier, 1.c.). 
Cordia Rothii, Roem. & Schultes ; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 2, p. 18. 
Ill.—Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. iv. t. 1379; Peters, Mozamb. t. 43 ' 
(C. quercifolia): Brandis, Ind. Trees, p. 480. 
Vernac. names.—Liar (Sind, Brandis), Gondi or Gundi (India, 
Brandis, Gamble 
Yo, North Bornu, and widely distributed in Tropical Africa, 
extending to Arabia and India 
Fruit pulp edible; pickled in ‘India. 
The bark possesses astringent oa agisce and a — ir 
the fibre is made 1nto ro 
ri Cd cubic foot; used dur fuel, itis di and agricultural 
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