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This tree is often cultivated for its fruit, of which 

 the best varieties are found in Northern India. 



Wood hard, even-grained, tough and durable, 

 -weighing 57 — 58 lb. per cubic foot. 



Used in the Ordnance Department at Madras and 

 said to be good for saddle-trees, camp furniture, 

 agricultural and engineering implepa^nts ; also for 

 fuel and charcoal. 



The bark is - very astringent, and a medicinal 

 gum exudes from it. 



Gultivation- — Easily raised from seed, and a good 

 coppice tree. A few of the varieties yielding fruit 

 of superior size and quality are habitually grafted 

 in the north. This should' be done in the south also, 

 when better fruit than now exists may be looked for. 



Plant grafts or seedlings in tolerably rich land at 

 30 feet apart, Ripe fruit is attacked at an early 

 stage by maggots. The tree is unsuited for roadside 

 planting. 



159 Zizyphus nummularia, W. & A. Zan. Puvpalli, 



Parpuli. 



Fig'— Bedel. FL Sfylv. Anal. Gen. lxix. 

 A S'candent, prickly, shrub, usually found in scrub 

 tracts and , in tke fences around villages. When 

 properly trimmed, it forms an excellent live-fence 

 for the protection of property. The fruit has a 

 pleasant acid or subacid taste and is eaten by 

 children. Sheep and goats browse upon the tender 

 shoots. 



160 Zizyphus xylopyrus, Willd. Kan. Challe: 

 'Eig—Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal, Oen. lxviii. 



Earely a small tree, but most commonly seen as 

 a climbing shrub. All the sahent parts are laro-er 

 than in the foregoing species, and we have no record 

 that the fruit is serviceable except as a dye for, 



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