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ture ; and the enlightened Hindu should extend its 

 usefulness iu that capacity. It is agood fuel tree, 

 and there seems to be no feasible objection to use it 

 widely for that purpose, except that it is difficult 

 to fell and is severe on forest tools. The fruit is 

 not eaten by the people in this part of India, But 

 birds masticate the seeds, and thereby sow them, 

 promiscuously. 



Cultivation. — Ee-^productive in some situations. 

 Propagate from seed and plant in any moderately 

 good soil when the seedliags are a foot or more in 

 height. Rocky land having a deep subsoil seems to 

 answer well. The species coppices well, and may be 

 planted in fuel plantations at 10 — 15 feet apart. 

 354 Diospyros Embryopteris, Pees. Zizw. Kusharta? 



Coorg. HoUe tupra. 



Pig. — Bot. Plates Lal-Bagh Collection. Bedd- 

 Ft. Sylv. t. 69. Wight Ic. t t. 843 and 84i. 



References.— Dici. of Economic Prod, of Lid. ; 

 Fl.of Brit. Ind.; Brand. Fw. Fl. 298. 



A handsome evergreen tree found rather abund- 

 antly in moist sholas and on the banks of rivers. 

 Fruit the size of a large apple, coloured green and 

 abounding iu tannic acid ; on exposure to the light, 

 the inner white flesh quickly changes to a blackish 

 colour. But the astringent and tannic properties 

 disappear to a great extent as the fruit attains the 

 full stage of ripeness, when it may be eaten in small 

 quantities with perfect safety. The tree is perhaps 

 best known by its Sanskrit name, Tinduica, an appel- 

 lation which suggests the medicinal properties of 

 the bark and fruit. An oil expressed from the seed 

 is also medicinal. Local investigation seems to 

 prove that the uses of this tree are comparatively 

 unknown in Mysore and Coorg. It is cultivated in 

 the Botanical Gardens, and fruits very freely every 

 year. The wood, which is light brown, is not of 

 much Yalue. 



