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Notes on the Flora of Manbhum. 



[No. 2, 



Names, 



Local names 

 Bengali. 



Character of timber. 



Grardenia latif olia, 



Pepero. 



Close-grained. 



Holarrhaena antidysenterica 



Kiircbi. 



Useless. 



Lagerstroemia parviflora,... 



Seed or See- 

 dhar. 



Wood said to be good. 



Mangif era Indica, 



Am. 



Durable, used for making 

 packing-cases. 



Melia azadirach, 



Bukum ? 



Durable and handsome. 



Nauclea cadamba, 



Kadam. 



Used for furniture. 



N — cordif olia, 



Petpuria. 



Yellow, used for common 

 purposes, easily worked. 



Nyctanthes arbor tristis, . . . 



Seolee. 



Hard, but small. 



Odina Wodier, 



Aniara. 



Central wood useful. 



Pavetta Indica, 





Timber small. 



,, tomentosa, 





Hard, but small. 



Phyllanthus emblica, 



Aura. 



Hard, valuable. 



Rottlera tinctoria, 





Wood soft and inferior. 



Schleichera trijuga, 



Khusum. 



Strong, suitable for spokes, 



&c. 

 Useless. 



Semecarpus Anacardium, . 



Bela. 



Shovea robusta, 



Sal. 



Extensively used in India 

 for rafters, sleepers, &c. 



Sterculia urens, 



Keonge. 



Soft and useless. 



Stereospermum suaveolens, 



Parul. 



Strong and elastic. 



Strycbnos nux vomica, . . . 



Kuchila. 



Hard, used for plough- 

 shares. 



Eugenia Jambolana, 



Jam. 



Not attacked by white 

 ants. 



Tamarindus Indica, 



Ernie. 



Hard, durable. 



Tropbis aspera, 



Soura. 



Only used for fuel. 



Terminalia glabra, 



Asun. 



General work,durable under 

 water. 



T — cbebula, 



Hurtoki. 



Coarse, but sound and dur- 

 able. 



T — bellerica, 



Bbora. 



White and soft. 



Zizyphus jujuba, 



Bier. 



Hard and useful, but of 

 small size. 



