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The Manilla tamarind tree. This well known 

 species is a native of South America ; naturalised 

 in India and other eastern countries. Extensively- 

 cultivated as a fuel tree and as a fence around 

 fields and gardens. In the latter capacity it is a 

 familiar object, and when properly trimmed, from 

 the beginning, the Korkapille makes a very pretty 

 hedge. Groats, however, are so fond of the tender 

 foliage that they often commit considerable damage 

 to the roadside fences. Tinder favorable circum- 

 stances it grows into a pretty large tree, which 

 coppices well and affords good fuel. " Sapwood 

 small ; heartwood reddish brown, not heavy, 40 lb. 

 per cubic foot, smells unpleasantly when fresh sawn, 

 used for various purposes." Brandts. 



The sweet pulpy aril which encloses the seed is 

 eaten by children, and the seed itself contains a 

 valuable oil. 



Cultivation. — Growth is most luxuriant near the 

 sea and by the sides of canals and rivers. To form 

 a hedge, the best plan is to sow the seed in a pre- 

 pared trench or furrow, during the rains. The seed- 

 lings will then only require to be watered occa- 

 sionally during dry weather, and preserved from 

 goats and cattle. The sime hunase is very self- 

 productive in plantations and by the sides of fences, 

 but the seedlings quickly form a long tap-root, 

 and unless they are removed at a very early 

 stage of growth the operation becomes difficult and 

 even impracticable. The tree coppices well, and 

 affords locomotive fuel of a fair quality. Grown for 

 the latter, it may be planted at 6 feet apart and 

 eventually thinned to 12 feet. A soil of some depth 

 is necessary for thd best growth, but it should 

 neither be water-logged nor too hard. 



259 Pithecolobium bigeminum, Benth. 



References.— .Be^ZcZ, Fl. Sylv. 96. Diet, of Econ. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



