64 POMST TREES. 



universally worn as rosaries, hence the appellation 

 " bead tree." -Asa forage tree its cultivation should 

 be encouraged, but not on the lines which are now 

 followed, whereby every villager takes upon him to 

 disfigure and even kill trees through excessive mani- 

 pulation. 



Cultivation- — -^^ ^or the neem, but may be 

 planted at 25^30 feet apart. 



140 Melia dubia, CaV. Kan. Heb bevu, Turka bevu, 



Bettada bevu, Kada bevu. 

 Fig— Bedd. FL Sylv. 1. 12. 



References— Bra%i. For. FL t. 69. Did. of 

 Eeon. Prod, of Ind. 



This is the giant neem of the Malnad forests. It 

 attains a very large size and can easily be dis- 

 tinguished from the neem of the plains by- its 

 darker foliage and doubly pinnate leaves. It is said 

 to be deciduous also. 



Although light and not very durable, weighing 

 about 25 lb. per cubic foot, the wood is generally 

 •employed on estates for buildings and agricultural 

 implements. It is rarely attacked by insects and has 

 been recommended for tea cases. The dried fruit 

 resembles the date and has a commercial value of 

 Es. 1-4-0 per lb. It is used medicinally, and is con- 

 sidered a good remedy for colic, half a fruit being 

 the usual dose for an adult. Being a very handsome 

 tree with greenish- white, fragrant, flowers, its culti- 

 vation in gardeiis situated among, and near to the 

 hillsj is a' thing to be desired. Beddome writes that 

 the seedlings grow rapidly. It is the M. composUa 

 of Willd. 



141 Cipadessafruticosa, Blume. ^an. CMtttmdi. 



A common shrub of the scrub tracts. Used as 

 small fuel. Berries red, the size of a pea. 



142 Aglaia Roxburghiana, Miq. Kan. Tottiia. Fruit— 



Tittila kayi. 



