MYSORE AND OOOM. 183 



assumes some of the autumnal tints which are so 

 nauch admired in northern countries. The large, 

 simple, obovate leaves are borne in clusters at the 

 tips of the branchlets. Bare of leaf in December 

 and January. 



" It makes a good avenue tree, and is well worthy 

 of extended cultivation. The wood is light but 

 tolerably durable and is used for various purposes, 

 and the leaves of pakottahs are often made of 

 it ; the kernels of the nuts are eaten and are 

 very palatable ; the oil expressed from the 

 seed is very like almond oil, and the oilcake is used 

 to feed pigs ; the bark and leaves yield a black 

 pigment with which the natives colour their teeth, 

 and make into Indian ink." Beddome. 



Cultivation. — Scattered seeds only germinate 

 well in a hot-bed ; but placed in little heaps they 

 sprout satisfactorily without artificial heat. Com- 

 paratively loose soil, or an old well recently filled 

 up, provides the best situation for this tre6, 

 although when large pits are made it succeeds 

 in any soil of good or even average quality. 



271 Terminalia belerica, Roxb. Kan. Tare, Tari. 



IPig.-BeM. FL Sylv. 1. 19 ; WigU Ic. t. 91. 



References.— JBraw(^«.s For. Fl; FL of Brit Ind. ; 

 Pharm. Ind. 



The Beleric myrobalan. A large deciduous tree of 

 which the "Flora of British India" gives three distinct 

 varieties, determined mostly by the morphology of 

 the leaf, absence or presence of glands, and the size 

 and form of the fruit. Attaining to 80 feet in good 

 , situations and always umbrageous. Plentiful in the 

 mixed zone, as also in the hilly region of the dry 

 zone of Mysore and Ooorg. While in flower in the 

 beginning of the hot season, the tree emits a very 

 stea?coraceous odour. It is the abode of Sram — Saturn — 

 Grod of misfortune. Hindus are forbidden to use the 



