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A tall tree with whitish bark and long narrow 

 leaves which are not drooping. Not uncommon on 

 the borders of the Ghats, and occasionally on coffee 

 estates and in the interior of the evergreen belt. 

 The small clustered flo wers are produced in ample 

 panicles, which are finely pubescent. Drupe round, 

 hard, and said by Mr. Graham Anderson to be eaten 

 by the Toddy-cat. 



" A large tree of the Western Ghats. Wood 

 grey, with yellowish streaks, soft. It, like all the 

 other species, gives a black acrid exudation which 

 raises blisters and is much dreaded by the hill 

 people." Gamble. 



182 Spondias mangifera, Willd. Kan Amate. (Hind. 



Amra,) Fundi. 



Fig.— Bedd. Fl. Sylv. \ 169. 



References- — 'Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind.; 

 Pkarm. Ind. 



The hog-plum of Europeans, and the Adhvaga- 

 bhogya of Sanskrit writers. A small, or, under the most 

 favourable conditions, medium sized tree. Wild, and 

 cultivated at intervals throughout the maidan. Leaves 

 deciduous during the cold season, perfectly glabrous, 

 odd-pinnate. Flowers small, creamy-white, in large 

 panicles preceding the young leaves in March. Fruit 

 like a miniature mango, ripens in May and June, 

 makes a fine pickle in the half grown stage. Wood 

 soft, light-grey and of Httle value except as fuel. 

 A gum exudes from the trunk, which, with the fruit 

 and bark, is used medicinally. 



Cultivation. — The Amate possesses more than one 

 -property which makes it worthy of cultivation. It is 

 easily produced from seed, and treated with special 

 care, in good garden soil it is very productive of fruit. 

 Plant seedlings at 20 feet apart. If near a water 

 channel or perennial stream of water, the result will 

 be satisfactory. 



