Odina. ] ANACARDIACER. 321 
ODINA, Roxb. 
_ _ Flowers polygamously dioecious; calyx 4-5-lobed, persistent, 
— Petals 4-5, Ambricate.. Disk annular, 4- or 5-crenate. 
the persistent styles, containing a hard 1-seeded putamen.—Trees, 
with alternate pinnate leaves. Flowers small, clustered and form- 
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1. 0. Wodier, Roxb. ; H-f. Ind. Fi. ii. 29; Bedd. Sylv. Madr. 
t. 123 ; Brand. For. Fl. 123.—Na-dai.—A tree (30—60+ 15—40 
+8—10), remaining low and stunted in sterile localities, leafless 
during H.S., the very young parts and leaf-buds minutely puberulous; 
g 
-—Frequent in all sorts of leaf-shedding forests, all over Burma from Ava 
and Martaban down to Tenasserim and the Andamans, up to 3,000 ft. elevation. 
—Fl. Feb.-March ; Fr. Sept.-Oct.—1—SS.—= a SiS. 
Remarxs.—Sap-wood rather light and coarse, of a white colour, turning 
Pale-brown ; heart-wood heavier, close-grained, of a reddish brown colour. O° 
+65 pd. It is said to be very difficult to season. The heart-wood is used for 
sheaths of swords, spear-handles, oil- 
itis a good wood for cabinet-work. The tree yields a yellowish gum i 
c es 
ae : 
_ able quantities, which furnishes an inferior varnish. The bark is good for 
SPONDIAS, L. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4-5-cleft, imbricate, deciduous. 
: Ww: 
Petals 4.5, nearly valvate. Stamens 8-10, inserted under the cup- 
_ Shaped rather broad crenate disk. Ovary sessile, free, 4 -or 5-celled, 
with cell. Drupe fl 
litary pendulous ovule in each eshy, large, 
—- containing a hard and bony 3-4-celled putamen. Kadicle superior 
keg ‘ 
