MYSOltE iJsT) COOEG. , W^ 



Andaman Islands, and is occasionally cultivated in 



gardens for its attractive orange flowers. 



403 Ehretia laevis, Roxb. Kan. Kappura, Halippe, 



Avak? 



Fig.— Wight. Ic. t. 1382. Bedel Fl. Syh. t. 



References.— j?'^. of Brit. Ind. ; Diet, of E cow. 

 Prod, of Ind. 



A middle-sized tree of the plains, Wliere it is mostly 

 found on low hills and in the scrub jungle. The 

 fruit and inner bark are eaten during times of 

 scarcity, and cattle are reported to be fond of the 

 leaves at all times. The wood is tough and durable, 

 and is frequently utilised for rural structures, farm 

 implenients, and. such like. 



The " Flora of British India " enumerates no less 

 than five varieties of the species, so variable is its 

 character under different conditions of soil and 

 aspect. One of these varieties is probably the Jmduli 

 onurha, or Icodffol marga, which a-ffords on oil frotn its 

 seed. It is desirable that fuller enquiry should be 

 niade on this point, and that good herbariun speci- 

 m.ens of all the kinds are collected for identification. 

 The variety, E. laevis pubeseens, is common on the 

 plains, while E. laevis aspera affects somewhat higher 

 altitudes. 



404 Ehretia Wightiana, Wall. 



A tree of the maidan of which little is known. 

 Supposed to be commonly used for fuel. 



405 Ehretia buxifolia, Koxb. K-am Yemebudige. 



Tom. Kumvingi. 



I^ii—iloxi. Cor. Fl. l 43, t. 67, 



Retev&aces.—Flored of Brit. Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. 



A medicinal shrub of dry forest and scrub tracts. 



Among Muhammadan's, the root has the reputation 



of F6iMg an anttdbte to vegetable poison. It is also 



used-fbr the cure of venereal dieeaBes. 



