162 FOREST rutm. 



Flowers large, white changing to yellow, fragrant, 

 appearing in May with the young leaves. Fruit the 

 size of a guava, woody and containing 30 — 50 seeds. 

 Wood white, very hard, might be used for engraying. 

 Fruit said to be eaten in the Malnad. But-the 

 species is best known by its medicinal gum-resin 

 known to the trade as Dikamali. The latter product 

 has an offensive smell resembling cats urine, is hand- 

 collected, and has a marketable value of B-s. 3-12 per 

 maund of 37^ lbs. Cultivated in the Botanical 

 Gardens. 



Cultivation.— Thrives well in a deep reddish loam, 

 but only attains size where there is perennial mois- 

 ture. Eemoved from the fruit, the seeds germinate 

 quickly. 



326 Gardenia latifolia, Ait. 



Fig~WigU Ic. t. 759. 



Reference .-jp';. of Brit. Ind. 



A smaU deciduous tree of the dry-hill districts: 

 It is a highly ornamental species when in blossom, 

 and should find a place in gardens and pleasure 

 grounds. The fruit is said to be eaten. Wood 

 whitish, hard and durable. Weight 52—55 lb. per 

 cubic foot. 



Cultivation.-As for the preceding species^ bnt 

 requiring less moisture, and better adapted for natur- 

 ally dry situations. 



327 Canthium didynum. ^ox-b. Km. Teddaranike. 

 A common shrub of waste land. Bark medicinal. 



The leaves smell of coriander. Wood said to be 

 good for tool handles. 



^^ ^^aIhu.'" "'"''^"at""!' Wight. Kan. Abak, 



Fig- Wight Ic. t. 1034. 

 References.-5^««rf. p,,^ jjj f^^^ ^ 

 Timb. 



