igS' t^dft'EST '♦TTiBteS. 



ReiBrences.— Brand. For.Fl; Pharm.'Ind.;Fl. 

 of Bnt. Ind. 



A large tree of the Malnad. Characterised by wide 

 spreading buttresses at the base of the trunk. 

 Leayes deciduous during the hot season. Grraham 

 Anderson offers the following remarks under the 

 name Terminalia tomentosa, which would seem 

 to correctly apply to this species ; — " It is a tree 

 often left in coffee estates but is a wretched shader 

 being completely bare for a considerable portion of 

 the hot weather. It is a great lime feeder and the 

 natives burn it to obtain eating chunam, which is 

 said to be very puiigent. The larva and perfect 

 fly of the coffee borer have been iound under -the 

 bark of this tree. " 



'Wood dark -brown, hard, difficult to work but 

 susceptible of a fine polish. Seldom used in this 

 province. Weight 48 — 54 lb, per cubic foot. 



" Hindu physicians think that the "bark has 

 some special virtue in promoting the union of 

 fractures, and the dispersion of ecchymosis when 

 given internally. It is considered to be Asmari-Jiara, 

 or lithontriptic and^a reference to the chemical 

 composition will show that the ash of the bark con- 

 tains an extraordinarily large proportion of calcium 

 carbonate. Externally it is used in the form of an 

 astringent wash to ulcers." TharmacQgrapMa Indica. 



M. Venkatnarnappa also mentions that the bark 

 is used medicinally. Possibly it is of more local 

 value than has been realised. 

 275 TerminaHa tomentosa, Bedd. Kan. Matti, Karl 



matti, Heb huluve. 

 :Fig -Wight Jc. t. 195. ■ 



"References-Brand. For. Fl. ; Pharm. Ind. ; 

 Fl. oJBnt. Ind. 



A deciduous tree of the Malnad rand elsewhere. 

 Often attaining a greait;Siz6 aaad forming a &ie clean 



