Mangifera.] XXIX. ANACAEDIACEJE. 127 



whether in certain districts, or under certain circumstances only, grafting is 

 necessary to produce a good variety of the Mango. 



In Jamaica, starch is made of unripe Mangoes ; the kernels are eaten in India 

 during times of scarcity. Epxburgh states that they are first boiled in the 

 steam of water. 



6. BUCHATTANIA, Eoxb. 



Trees with alternate, petiolate, simple, entire, coriaceous leaves. Flowers 

 smaU, bisexual, in terminal and axillary panicles. Calyx small, 3-5- 

 cleft, persistent. Petals 5, oblong, imbricate in bud. An annular disc, 

 between ovaries and stamens, more or less crenate or lobed. Stamens 

 10, inserted outside the disc at its base ; anthers basifixed. Carpels 5, 

 distinct, 1 fertile, 1 -celled, ovule 1, attached to a funiole proceeding from 

 the base of the ovary ; the others rudimentary, subulate. Fruit a drupe 

 with compressed crustaceous or bony putamen, splitting into 2 valves at 

 the time of germination. 



1. B. latifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 385 ; Cor. PI. 282 ; W. et A. Prodr. 

 169 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 165. — Sans. Piydla, chdra, Vern. CMrauli, 

 Pb. ; Pidl, muria, ■katbhildwa, Garhwal, Kamaon ; Fidr, peirah, Oudh ; 

 Char achdr, C.P. ; Sdrdka-marrah, Gonds, Satpura range. The kernel 

 of the fruit is called cMronji. iMmbohen, Burm. 



Young branches, inflorescence, under side of leaves, petioles, and midrib 

 clothed with long silky hairs. Leaves generally 6-10 in. long, oblong, 

 obtuse, with 15-20 prominent and branched lateral nerves on either side- of 

 midrib, and shorter intermediate ones. Stipules none. Panicles terminal 

 and from the axils of the upper leaves, pyramidal. Bracts small, cadu- 

 cous. Flowers whitish green, sessile. Carpels hairy. Drupe black when 

 ripe, J in. long, putamen hard, bony. 



A common tree of the dry forests throughout India and Burma, ascending 

 nearly to 4000 ft. in South India, and to 3000 ft. in the outer Himalayan ranges. 

 The Sutlej is its north-western limit in North India. Common in Sal forests, 

 biit extends far beyond the limits of Sal in the south. Nearly leafless for a 

 short time during the hot season ; the new leaves issue about May, and the full- 

 grown foliage is dark green. Fl. Jan!-March ; the fruit ripens in April and 

 May, and is generally off the tree by the middle of June. A Loranthus is com- 

 mon on the tree. 



A moderate-sized tree, 40-50 ft. high, with a straight trunk, not exceeding 

 4 ft. in girth in North and Central India ; bark 1 in. thick, dark grey or black- 

 ish, rough, tubercled and tesselated, small quadrangular plates divided by deep 

 narrow furrows. Sap- and heart-wood not distinct. Wood brown when fresh- 

 cut, when seasoned greyish brown, red or pink, with white streaks, compact, 

 even-grained, soft and light, weight 36-47 lb. per cub. ft., seasons well, is easily 

 worked, liable to be eaten by white ants and beetles, otherwise fairly durable if 

 kept dry. Used' for boxes, bedsteads, bullock-yokes, doors, window-frames, 

 tables, and the like. Is apt to stain clothes unless polished. 



The bark is used for tanning ; a peUucid gum exudes from wounds in the 

 stem ; the leaves are often used as a substitute for plates. The fruit has a 

 pleasant, sweetish, subacid flavour, is an important article of food of the hill 

 tribes in the Central Provinces (Gonds and Bygahs). They collect the seed and 

 extract the kernel, which they barter for grain, salt, and cloth. The kernel 



